Only 2% of psychology studies from 2014–2017 shared their data online, and just 3% had a preregistration.

the party’s recent appetite for bold action has shown itself most clearly in policies related to children, including banning after-school tutor -ing services (previously a boisterous market) from turning a profit, and limiting minors to only three hours of video game play per week — Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m

A: Let’s talk about delay, then. How do you think we can delay scientists from discovering these pandemic-capable agents? K: There are two ways that are the most promising. Number one: we can find a way to make people liable for causing catastrophe. We can set the bar very high, say, something like 10 million deaths worldwide — direct or indirect —... See more

This result is exciting, in part because it suggests that something inherently positive — wider representation and democracy — is also conducive to eco -nomic growth.

A study from earlier this year found that, in studies where the authors wrote that they’d be happy to share their data on request, only 6.8% actually did so when emailed.

In 2019 there were about 648 million people living in extreme poverty, subsisting on the equivalent of $2.15 per day or less. Those 648 million people made up 8.4% of world population — representing an improvement over 1990, when 35.9% of people lived on that little.

A group of roughly 140 scientists (as well as lawyers and physicians) met at The Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA in February 1975 to draft voluntary guidelines for research on recombinant DNA. The meeting set stringent standards to ensure research on recombinant DNA could proceed without endangering public health

If the plan passes this quality control — and the review -ers might suggest all sorts of changes before they agree that it’s a good study design — the journal commits to publish it, regardless of whether the results are pos -itive or negative.

researchers attempting to shorten cattle horns to eliminate the need for painful dehorning practices were forced to present evidence that alterations in the horns would not affect the milk. Unsurprisingly, the milk was indistinguishable