Over the last five years, approaches to social science experimentation have evolved greatly, due in part to the “replication crisis” – that is, findings of low replication rates of experiments. At the ...

We spend our lives surrounded by hi-tech materials and chemicals that make our batteries, solar cells and mobile phones work. But developing new technologies requires time-consuming, expensive and ...

A new book covering the history of scientific inquiry invites us to marvel at the elegance of experimentation. Some philosophers have argued that “beauty” in science stands as a proxy for truth. Many ...

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