A new study analyzing the effect of World War II-related sugar rationing may shed light on factors that affect lifelong brain health.

Psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, and ADHD can be debilitating for those who have them. And yet, they're partially heritable, presenting a paradox. Why would ...

Why would anyone invest in a survey in the months before a presidential election, then wait nearly two years to publish the ...

Tom has a master’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Oxford and his interests range from immunology and microscopy to the philosophy of science.View full profile Tom has a master’s degree ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Abstract: Kullback–Leibler (KL) divergence plays a central role in hypothesis testing. It gives a measure of the statistical distance between two probability distributions. In the distributed ...

Should you believe the findings of scientific studies? Amid current concerns about the public’s trust in science, old arguments are resurfacing that can sow confusion. As a statistician involved in ...

Multimedia design for learning refers to the intentional design of multiple forms of media—such as text, images, narration, animation, and video—to support conceptual understanding of course content ...

The implications of such assumptions would be profound if accepted. Asset prices would be continuously trading at a perfectly-established fair value, and no consistent over/under/mis-pricing would ...

In various contexts, for practical, philosophical, and logical reasons, there is a default assumption. In the criminal justice system, for example, someone is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

During her training in anthropology, Dorsa Amir, now at Duke University, became fascinated with the Müller-Lyer illusion. The illusion is simple: one long horizontal line is flanked by arrowheads on ...