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A recent study on homeopathy shows reminds us that meta-analysis - like any study - can look superficially solid yet still produce nonsense

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Aug 27

A CRISPR study claimed to upend the established science on genetic mutations. Did it?

Aug 22

There was no defending that appalling "autoethnography" paper on masturbation. But a lot of academics defended it anyway

Aug 11

People on Twitter love to ridicule noisy-looking graphs. But very often, they're just misunderstanding the statistics

Aug 4

A recent meta-analysis looked like good news for the effectiveness of "nudge" theory. Does a new set of rebuttal letters throw the whole idea into…

Jul 25

Everyone loves a counterintuitive scientific belief. Is this one actually true?

Jul 17

Do breastfed children have higher IQs? The answer is annoyingly hard to uncover

Jul 9

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