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Unlikely results

Scientists like to think of science as self-correcting. To an alarming degree, it is not

By P.T.W., K.N.C. and O.M.

Why most published scientific research is probably false

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Three reasons why oil prices are remarkably stable

Can it last?

Why America is a “flawed democracy”

EIU’s index plots the country’s democratic decline since 2006


Five charts compare Democrats and Republicans on job creation

Our analysis of the past eight American presidents