Is the scientific method really the best approach to learning about the world? A new paper in Collective Intelligence applies the scientific method to itself, finding that some common strategies that ...

Psychological science has never been more societally relevant, says APS President James Pennebaker in his third presidential ...

We usually think of journalists as bringing us news about politics and world events. Analyzing a presidential election or an ongoing scandal helps inform us and holds powerful figures accountable on ...

Last month, we witnessed the viral sensation of several egregiously bad AI-generated figures published in a peer-reviewed article in Frontiers, a reputable scientific journal. Scientists on social ...

Founders know the mantra: make data-driven decisions. In recent years, the scientific approach to nurturing start-ups—developing hypotheses, collecting evidence that either supports or refutes them, ...