Science & Society
- Science & Society
Short memory can be good strategy
Game theory reveals that there’s a limit to the effectiveness of relying on prior results to predict competitors’ behavior.
- Math
Evidence-based medicine lacks solid supporting evidence
Saving science from its statistical flaws will require radical revision in its methods
- Physics
Nobel laureate finds beauty in science and science in beauty
In ‘A Beautiful Question,’ Frank Wilczek explores links between math and art
- Science & Society
Why enforced ‘service with a smile’ should be banned
If management wants workers to maintain false cheer, those workers should be trained, supported and compensated for the emotional labor, a new review suggests.
- Science & Society
How dollhouse crime scenes schooled 1940s cops
In the 1940s, Frances Glessner Lee’s dollhouse murder dioramas trained investigators to look at crime scenes through a scientific lens.
- Psychology
Psychology results evaporate upon further review
Less than half of psychology findings get reproduced on second tries, a study finds.
- Science & Society
A bot, not a Kardashian, probably wrote that e-cig tweet
Some 80 percent of recent e-cigarette-related tweets were promotional in nature, raising concerns that the positive spin is targeting a young audience.
- Science & Society
Contentious science topics on Wikipedia subject to editing mischief
Global warming and other politically charged issues are prime targets for sabotage on Wikipedia.
- Science & Society
Monster fish, forensics and space exploration on display
Exhibits and opera infuse science into their experience.
- Health & Medicine
Building standards aren’t to blame for chilly offices
A recent study made headlines for finding differences between men and women in comfort level for heating and cooling. But that’s not why women are cold in the office.
- Psychology
Decision tree for soldiers could reduce civilian deaths
A new, three-part decision formula may help soldiers save civilians’ lives.
- Tech
‘Monsters’ examines a history of technological hubris
Drawing on the Hindenburg disaster, a science writer develops criteria for recognizing risky technology.
