Some estimates say that as many as half of the scientific discoveries made in certain disciplines cannot be replicated. Irreproducible research is a big problem that could be undermining credibility ...

When a group of researchers at Northwestern University uncovered evidence of widespread—and growing—research fraud in scientific publishing, editors at some academic journals weren’t exactly rushing ...

The pressing nature of water resource problems was set forth in Chapter 1. The solution to these problems is necessarily sought in research—inquiry into the basic natural and societal processes that ...