To help news outlets avoid biased coverage leading up to Election Day, we look at recent research on gender bias in political ...

Bad weather discourages Election Day voting. Research suggests mail ballots and other alternative voting methods can reduce ...

Thomas Patterson's assessment of 2024 presidential election coverage so far: too few issues, and too many polls and overblown ...

What happens when once reliable indicators of the world’s climate future suddenly seem not so dependable? That’s one startling puzzle from 2023, when scientists’ predictions based on past observations ...

To help recruit teachers, many U.S. schools have moved to a four-day schedule. We look at research on its effect on students and schools. Subscribe. It’s free!Sign up for our free newsletter! You’ll ...

To help news outlets avoid biased coverage in the weeks before Election Day, we’re taking a close look at five recent studies assessing the state of gender bias in U.S. political reporting.

This tip sheet outlines some of the many ways researchers can help the news media cover research accurately, starting with the journalists who interview them about their own work.

The “costs” of the post-9/11 conflicts can vary according to the research organization doing the estimates and depend on the particular focus and units of measurement. A March 2013 paper from Harvard ...

2014 study by American University and Columbia on the factors influencing public opinion on research, including partisanship, ideology, education and attitudes toward science. The study found that ...

The medical system is responsible for a surprisingly large percentage of greenhouse gas emissions, and the toll is especially heavy in the U.S. We look at how governments are responding and what ...