Over the past two centuries, economists, policy makers, and researchers have aspired to “harden” social science. A lot of progress has been made: using randomized, controlled experiments; making ...

Wouldn’t it be great if you could simply report your program results and get them externally verified by a trusted third-party registry? It’s not as impossible as it sounds—in fact, we’re close.

And they found that, while researchers produce far more papers after starting to use AI and the quality of the language used ...

A new white paper from Sage Publications reveals a gap between the aspirations for societal impact of social and behavioral science (SBS) researchers and the leaders and systems that govern their ...

Dr. Daniel Hartman ’84 is the director of integrated development at the Gates Foundation, an organization committed to improving global health, “guided by the belief that everyone has equal value.” ...

Anuj Kapur, the president and CEO of software delivery company CloudBees, said artificial intelligence (AI) will help solve many of humanity's most pressing problems. But along with disruption and ...

Discover how to engage thousands of people through interactive experiences and effective science communication. At this lunchtime webinar, the events team behind New Scientist Live will be joined by ...

Bruce J. MacFadden has received funding from the U. S. National Science Foundation. It might seem surprising, but federal research funding isn’t just for scientists. A component of many federal grants ...

Perhaps unusual for a big-budget sci-fi flick, Dr. Chapman strongly approved of the film’s science, and both he and Y — an environmental activist and artist who donates to the B612 Foundation — said ...

The article details five notable impact craters on Earth: Meteor Crater (Arizona, USA), Chicxulub (Yucatán, Mexico), Vredefort (South Africa), Tnorala (Gosses Bluff, Australia), and Nördlinger Ries ...