Often, it feels like humans are one bunch of totally unpredictable beings. So finding out the answers to questions about our behavior requires some serious measures. Would we go mad if we read too ...

To study the effects of misinformation on attitudes, some social science experiments expose participants to false, misleading, or dangerous information. Most Institutional Review Boards require that ...

A new school year is upon us. Bullying will continue to be a problem for kids, despite anti-bullying laws. And schools will continue to have science fairs with students presenting their experiments. I ...

Is social science research trustworthy? The economist Noah Smith raises this question in a recent piece entitled “How many of our ‘facts’ about society health, and the economy are fake?” As he points ...