Long before quantum mechanics became a household term, Max Planck was already thinking carefully about what it actually means ...

When the British entomologist John Sudd emigrated to Nigeria in the 1950s to conduct research at University College, Ibadan, he found plenty to study in his own abode. Like most dwellings in the ...

Science has always demanded a certain fearlessness — a willingness to venture beyond the known and test the limits of what’s possible. But throughout history, that fearlessness has sometimes crossed ...

Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there are still huge hurdles to overcome. Last November, the UK government ...

Causal inference has transformed empirical political science. Experiments, natural experiments, instrumental variables, difference-in-differences designs, ...

Science is under attack. As the new administration moves aggressively toward implementing its policies, the entire field could find itself the victim of decisions by individuals who lack the knowledge ...