‘Replication crisis’ spurs reforms in how science studies are done

Redos of social sciences studies from major journals point to opportunities for improvement.

A fossil mistaken for a bat may shake up lemurs’ evolutionary history

On Madagascar, a type of lemur called aye-ayes may have a singular evolutionary history.

Children may be especially vulnerable to peer pressure from robots

Elementary school children often endorsed unanimous but inaccurate judgments made by small groups of robots.

The debate over people’s pathway into the Americas heats up

Defenders of an ice-free inland passage for early Americans make their case.

This theory suggests few workers were needed to cap Easter Island statues

A small workforce may have put huge stones on the heads of Easter Island statues.