reproducibility crisis
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Is Science Broken? Major New Report Outlines Problems In Research
A new report released this week by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is weighing in on a contentious debate within the science world: the idea that scientific research is fundamentally flawed, rife with published findings that often can’t be reproduced or replicated by other scientists, otherwise known as the replication and reproducibility…
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These Scientists Are Debating How We Decide What Results Count
“Science” might mean something crazy to you, like groundbreaking new treatments, wild new animals, explosions in space, or crazy chemistry. But at its core, science is nothing more than ruling out hypotheses based on evidence. A new debate is flaring about one of science’s important concepts: How we decide what constitutes a positive result.
