Experts Cast Doubt On Viking Textile With ‘Allah’ Inscription
Researchers from Sweden made headlines last week after claiming to have found the Arabic characters for “Allah” and…
What the US Can Learn From Canada's Battle With an Anti-Science Government
We’re only a few days into the Trump era and it’s becoming painfully clear that the new president is mobilizing for a wa…
Government-Funded Zika Study to Use Olympic Athletes as Guinea Pigs
In an effort to learn more about the dreaded disease, the National Institutes of Health is funding a study in which a…
Flawed Data Just Made That 'Alien Megastructure' Even More Unlikely
Remember all that fuss last year about the supposed discovery of an alien megastructure? A new study is taking issue…
Lab Mice Are Freezing Their Asses Off—and That’s Screwing Up Science
Most science labs maintain a temperature far below levels preferred by mice, and it’s taking a toll on their health.…
If Only One-third of Published Psychology Research is Reliable, Now What?
The ability to repeat a study and find the same results twice is a prerequisite for building scientific knowledge. It…
The CIA Is Shutting Down Its Secretive Climate Change Research Project
The Central Intelligence Agency has announced that it’s closing down MADEA, a decades-old research program that shared…
Grad Student Accused Of Faking Data In Gay Marriage Study
The lead author of a study claiming that short conversations can dramatically alter a person’s view on same-sex…
8 Logical Fallacies That Fuel Anti-Science Sentiments
We need science more than ever, yet many people find it hard to get accurate information about the scientific method…
The Most Hilarious Proofreading Mistake in a Scientific Paper Ever
This is an actual quote from a scientific paper, published recently — and clearly without editing. Apparently the…
Why The Sudden Surge Of Retractions At Nature Magazine?
In past years, the peer-reviewed journal Nature has had to retract scientific papers at a rate of about one or two each…
Evidence For The Big Bang Theory May Have Just Been Dust
Earlier this year — and in a discovery that screamed Nobel Prize — Harvard physicists announced that they'd found…
These Simple Tips Will Make Your Science Visualizations Rock
There are so many, many ways to graphically convey scientific data. But depending on how this information is…
Recently Discovered Big Bang "Smoking Gun" Could Be A Bust
Eight weeks ago, physicists announced that they'd discovered evidence of gravitational waves in the early universe, pote…
What Is It With Scientists And Their Reluctance To Study Vaginas?
When it comes to scientific studies of genitalia, whether it be human or otherwise, there's an unquestionable bias…
Japanese Institute To Check 20,000 Published Papers For Irregularities
It's the science scandal that keeps on giving. After Japanese researchers came under scrutiny for questionable data and…
Lab Mice Become Stressed And Timid Around Men — But Not Women
In what is being considered a serious problem for biomedical research, scientists from McGill University have…
Which scientific ideas do we need to get rid of?
It's the start of the new year, and that means it's time for the Edge's annual Big Question — and as always, it's a…
Nope. Oxytocin isn't going to become the "trust me" drug.
Oxytocin is often referred to as the "trust hormone," a claim that was reinforced by a 2005 study in which participants…