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Police chiefs are banding together to end the war on drugs.
Watch entertaining reconstructions of classic experiments demonstrating our predisposition toward dishonesty.
Why universities can no longer afford to access the research they created themselves.
An experiment from the 1920s explains why cliffhangers are so compelling and starting a task is often the most important part.
How China’s new social credit system could lead to an Orwellian future.
The psychologist who fundamentally changed how teachers talk to children warns her message has been lost in translation.
A report from the National Council on Teacher Quality has found teacher-training textbooks aren’t based in evidence.
Researchers assessed what makes someone likely to believe collections of randomly mixed buzzwords were “profound.”
The ability to delay gratification is vital for a successful life, and research suggests it is a skill that can be cultivated.
Researchers tested police on major misconceptions about the psychology of policing
We all make small mistakes, but sometimes journalists report the complete and utter opposite of what a study really found.
The researcher behind the famed Dunning-Kruger Effect has found expertise can lead us to claim impossible knowledge.
Hotelling’s law, a principle from game theory explains the tendency for industries to set up shop right next door to their closest competitor.
Richard Feynman’s method for understanding science can also be used for detecting pseudoscience.
A sociologist has launched a blistering attack on his own field, but the problem he addresses is something that affects us all.
How one researcher created a pirate bay for science more powerful than even libraries at top universities.
Jeremy Corbyn, the man who will take the Labour Party to the next British election, believes in homeopathy. Here’s why that matters.
Does the claim made by the leader of the €1 Billion Human Brain Project stand a chance of coming to fruition?
The tale of a young man driven to his death for fighting for what is right, and the young woman picking up where he left off.
Research has shown that drugs dogs routinely act based on the behavioral cues of their handlers, rather than acting on their sense of smell, raising important questions about the Fourth Amendment rights of anyone subject to search based on their actions.
Why Banksy’s dystopian vision of the future might be the kind of shock we need to realize the problems humanity faces.
Us humans are bad at comparing risk. Don’t be hoodwinked by scare stories.
A look at the implications of a promising discovery by researchers at Google.
Over 3,000 studies have now been conducted into acupuncture; it’s time to accept that the ancient Chinese practice is a complete waste of time.
Most people seem to believe MSG is bad for you. In fact, it is far more likely to be good for you.
Why is it that in the face of a total lack of evidence for their effectiveness, so many people feel so much affection for quacks?
Researchers have discovered that the measles virus erases the body’s natural immunity to other diseases.
George Washington was not only the founding father of the U.S., but also of mass immunization.
We are far more influenced by appearances in our electoral decision-making than we like to admit