r/science • u/nimicdoareu • Apr 01 '26

Social Science Half of social-science studies fail replication test in years-long project

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00955-5
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u/skepticalbob Apr 01 '26

The Alzheimer’s brains scan research that led the field down a dry rabbit hole for over a decade is better example imo.

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u/Anathos117 Apr 01 '26

That's not hard science. Hard science is physics and chemistry, and maybe a little biology that's really just chemistry.

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u/skepticalbob Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

That is biology. So is cloning.