As one of the top research universities in the world, Stanford houses a program that takes a meta approach to research itself — the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS). METRICS was ...

Current climate models overstate the rate of nitrogen fixation, a natural process that helps remove atmospheric carbon ...

We often talk about science as if it were a purely logical enterprise. Yet, the way we ask questions—and even the kind of ...

Researchers design studies that might disprove what’s called their null hypothesis – the opposite of the claim they’re ...

Earth in early times looked a lot different than it does now. It was a hot, high-pressure environment with no ozone layer and no oxygen in the atmosphere. Still, organisms that existed at these times ...

Second grade students at St. Jude School in Mountain Top recently engaged in a hands-on scientific investigation to determine which liquid would dissolve candy corn most rapidly. Through this ...

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 ...

University of Alberta geochemists have discovered a missing piece to one of the great mysteries of science—the origin of life ...

University of Alberta geochemists have discovered a missing piece to one of the great mysteries of science — the origin of ...