‘Bad science’ spreads through natural selection, says study

New research also finds that the statistical power of studies in social and behavioural science has not improved in half a century

Published on
September 21, 2016
Last updated
September 28, 2016
Dr Frankenstein and Igor in laboratory
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Bad science: laboratory methods can propagate directly, through the production of graduate students who go on to start their own labs, or indirectly

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