What Is the Scientific Method? The scientific method is a systematic way of conducting experiments or studies so that you can explore the things you observe in the world and answer questions about ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. In September 2019 ...

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 ...

Should you believe the findings of scientific studies? Amid current concerns about the public's trust in science, old ...

Researchers have developed an AI-powered 'scientific assistant' designed to accelerate the scientific process by helping them identify new research questions, analyze and interpret data, and produce ...

In various conversations with reporters leading to the publication of my new book, Extraterrestrial, I encountered difficulties getting across one essential aspect of the scientific process. Science ...

Can AI speed up aspects of the scientific process? Microsoft appears to think so. At the company’s Build 2025 conference on Monday, Microsoft announced Microsoft Discovery, a platform that taps ...

When the documentary film “Seaspiracy” launched on Netflix in 2021, it quickly generated controversy within scientific communities and among the public at large. Some praised the film documenting ...

OpenAI for Science was announced in a Tuesday X post. Its goal is to accelerate scientific discovery through AI. The post suggests GPT-5 will play a key role in the effort. Artificial intelligence ...

The American Chemical Society (ACS) strongly supports the use of comprehensive scientific and engineering input into the development and evaluation of policy options. ACS also encourages the use of ...