Scientists have found the oldest direct evidence for tectonic motion on Earth by more than half a billion years ...

A sweeping new study from Northwestern University reveals that scientific fraud is no longer just the work of a few rogue researchers—it has evolved into a global, organized enterprise. By analyzing ...

Artificial intelligence startup Autoscience Institute has launched with $14 million in seed funding to automate research into ...

The rise of "fake" science poses a serious threat to the integrity of academic research, a new study warns. A widespread underground network of fraudsters is pumping out fake scientific results at an ...

"Growing" on the defensive! Here's how researchers are providing a whole new look at how plants make their own protection ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Jim Cooke / Los Angeles Times; photo via Getty Images) Fraudulent scientific research is now being produced and published on a ...

A new study put ChatGPT to the test by asking it to judge whether hundreds of scientific hypotheses were true or false—and the results were far from reassuring. While the AI got it right about 80% of ...

A new analysis represents the largest effort yet to systematically parse all the data from high-quality clinical trials on cannabis and mental health. The evidence is lacking.

From fabricated research to paid authorships and citations, organized scientific fraud is on the rise, according to a new Northwestern University study. By combining large-scale data analysis of ...

Never one to properly interpret anything scientific, uber-popular podcaster Joe Rogan has become entranced by a study that affirms his climate skepticism. Now, as The Guardian reports, one of the ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Even in this starkly divided country, Americans can agree on one ...