
Why Scientists Must Share Their Failures
We don’t ask people in other professions to do it, but it’s vital for speeding up progress in crucial areas of research from climate to medicine and public health
Commentary invited by editors of Scientific American
We don’t ask people in other professions to do it, but it’s vital for speeding up progress in crucial areas of research from climate to medicine and public health
Research shows that the shorter the deadline, the more motivated people are to meet it
Sarin's lethality is well known, but the lingering effects on victims who don't succumb are less familiar
Two centuries after its discovery, it's still incurable—but research is accelerating, with major help from citizen scientists in the patient community
If you get a refund, you'll probably spend most of it—but you can trick yourself into saving more
Building a 30-foot-tall barrier along the U.S.–Mexico border sounds easy until you consider the shifting geography, environmental impacts and legal challenges standing in the way
Are there are questions in science and mathematics that by their very nature are unanswerable?
It turns out practices that might seem a little odd—like talking to yourself—can be pretty effective
Depends on who's asking—but recent research shows they're an essential part of the social fabric
Science is not “soft power”—it’s as hard as nails, and vital to our homeland security