Most scientific literature is published in for-profit journals that rely on subscriptions and paywalls to turn a profit. But that trend has been shifting as various governments and funding agencies ...

Psychologist Brian Nosek’s latest work indicates that many results in the social sciences don’t stand up to immediate scrutiny. But that’s the beginning of a conversation, not the end, he explains to ...

Scientific fraud is becoming a larger issue. Thousands of fake scientific papers have flooded journals and have subsequently had to be retracted. Much of this is the work of paper mills, which submit ...