The effect is called ‘verbal overshadowing’ and its discovery proved controversial, and not simply because of what it means for detectives. Over the years, other researchers (myself included) have had ...

When America endeavors to tackle an ambitious project, we speak in terms of moonshots or a “Manhattan Project for X.” The assumption is that vast government resources, directed toward some objective, ...

On February 9, AEI’s M. Anthony Mills and James Pethokoukis hosted George Mason University’s Tyler Cowen and the Institute for Progress’s Heidi Williams to discuss innovation, progress, and scientific ...

With the launch of a metascience unit late last year, the United Kingdom became one of the first countries to formalize the practice of using scientific methodology to study how research is done. The ...

The reproducibility crisis may have caused a tsunami of doubt across peers, politicians and the public, but has also made way for the growth of metascience. Metascience is defined as the “inquiry into ...

Metascience 2023 Conference, at the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, DC, will take place May 9-10, 2023 as a global in-person gathering to connect the study of science across ...

The UK government’s metascience unit, launched last year, released its first results on June 30. The findings include a successful trial of so-called distributed peer review. Distributed peer review ...

SSHRC is pleased to announce that it is partnering with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the UK Research and Innovation to support the Metascience and AI postdoctoral fellowships. As part of this ...

SSHRC is pleased to announce that it is partnering with the United States’ Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the United Kingdom’s UK Research and Innovation to support the Metascience and AI postdoctoral ...

Researchers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds are investigating how research is funded, practiced and evaluated. Through this work, their intention is to improve research systems and culture. Off ...