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Rather than distinctly male or female, the human brain is much more like the heart, kidneys and lungs – basically the same no matter the sex of the body it’s in.
Australia’s behavioral economics unit publishes rather than hides the results of its unsuccessful experiments.
Recent reports of dramatic declines in insect populations have sparked concern about an ‘insect apocalypse.’ But a new analysis of data from sites across North America suggests the case isn’t proven.
A new statistical test lets researchers search for similarities between groups. Could this help keep new important findings out of the file drawer?
Some claim that scientists avoid publishing results that go against the consensus on man-made climate change. But this is simply untrue.
We asked three experts for their takes.
Food, drug and other companies often sponsor research in the hope it might produce results favourable to their products. How can we ensure such research remains independent?
Editors of ten authoritative workplace journals amend their publishing criteria to address publication bias.
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Visiting Fellow, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in psychology, Keele University
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Director of the Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Maryland
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Assistant Professor of Management & Social Impact, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor, Lund University
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Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Elbert L. Fausett Distinguished Professor of Biology, Hendrix College
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Professor of Communication, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Neuroscience, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Director of the Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
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Professor of Psychology, University of Bamberg