In Climate Change, Psychology Often Gets Lost in Translation
Why do we only allow a narrow sliver of psychological research to influence the discussion around climate change?
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Empowering Amateur Scientists to Change the World
How technology could help to engender a meaningful amateur industry with the potential to convert new ideas into empirical findings.
Researchers Turn to Big Data to Justify Basic Science
A new method of citation network analysis could be used to make the case for the importance of basic research.
Do Economics Experiments Have Anything to Do With Reality?
Two economists went through the trouble of testing the idea, and the answer seems to be "yes."
Animal Research Falls Short on Experimental Procedures
A new study suggests two in three animal studies don't report taking even the most basic precautions against biased results, making many of the results unreliable.
Psychology Experiments’ Questionable Results
An expansive new project is able to replicate results from fewer than half of its psychology experiments in question.
A Bedbug’s Best Friend
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.
How the Government and the Christian Lobby Quash Real Research on Sex Workers
The government only allocates funds to researchers that mistakenly conflate sex work with sex trafficking. As an academic and a sex worker, Juniper Fitzgerald knows just how warped this thinking is.