A multi-year study of the reliability of published social & behavioral science research has found that only about half of published results are replicated by new studies.

How do we know what we know? That’s where science comes in—it gives us a method for testing our ideas and getting trustworthy results. But some researchers have warned that many scientific studies can ...

As different initiatives, priorities, and efforts to change teaching and learning in schools come and go, one challenge remains constant: Time is a finite resource. In elementary schools, especially, ...

As densely populated coastal communities struggle to keep up with rising sea levels, new research reveals a way to predict ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. Educators think it’s important to teach science and social studies to ...

T he last two decades have not been kind to science studies. Already bruised and battered by the “science wars” of the 1990s, by the 2000s sociologists of science — who had long argued that science ...

From addressing climate change to developing new ways of delivering vaccines, Princeton’s proposed engineering and environmental studies project will enable breakthrough teaching and research in the ...

After eight years, a project that tried to reproduce the results of key cancer biology studies has finally concluded. And its findings suggest that like research in the social sciences, cancer ...

Earn your Master of Science in Security Studies at UMass Lowell and gain the expertise to lead in cybersecurity, infrastructure protection and protection against weapons of mass destruction. Master of ...