Thousands of scientific papers have used data collected by users of the platform iNaturalist, according to new research. By Emily Anthes In the spring of 2019, a nature photographer hiking in the ...

Adopting a targeted, multi-pass reading approach to research studies can help you efficiently locate and extract the information you’re looking for while identifying potential limitations. Reading a ...

A pair of research studies led by the Argonne National Laboratory have demonstrated how “ecovoltaic” installations in the midwestern United States are home to more bird and bat activities than nearby ...

"The effect is more pronounced for less skilled readers, and one study also suggested that reading on a screen can increase readers' susceptibility to misinformation, as they don't notice ...

Many brands of rolling papers designed for smoking weed contain elevated levels of potentially dangerous heavy metals, according to the results of a recent study. Rolling papers with dies or metallic ...

British scientific journal Nature retracted a climate study due to data reliability issues, particularly problematic information from Uzbekistan that skewed results.

The number of scientific papers flagged as fraudulent has been growing. Now a new paper sheds light on how it’s being done. Researchers found loose networks of unscrupulous editors working with ...

One in five scholarly journal articles may contain data created by a “paper mill” that was paid to make it up, a new study from German researchers says. The new research adds to the increasingly ...

Holding students back is a controversial policy decision. Opponents argue that it further disadvantages students and falls disproportionately on those who are already marginalized; advocates claim it ...

President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have released the first report authored by the so-called Make America Healthy Again Commission — and it’s riddled ...