On the Replication Crisis

By Thomas Pfeiffer

“Standing on the shoulders of giants” – this phrase, attributed to Bernard of Chartres and prominently used by Isaac Newton, emphasises the role of past discoveries in ongoing scientific research.  For modern research, where communication is predominately done through scientific publications, a high reliability of published findings is instrumental. Yet surprisingly little is known about…

Reliable Research Replicates

By Louisa Tran

Replication Markets is a game that is part crowd-sourcing, part playing a market, and part legal gambling. The bets are placed on research results: can a study be replicated?