Questions about the existence or non-existence of specific research and publications. Use this tag if you do not seek to validate the correctness of the claims in the (alleged) research or publication in question, but only to inquire the existence of the research or publication.
Questions tagged [research]
21 questions
34
votes
1 answer
Did The Lancet publish an account of a woman who did not age?
Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Christian Science religion, claimed in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures*, Ch. 8, p. 245:1-15:
The error of thinking that we are growing old, and the
benefits of destroying that illusion, are…
Robert Columbia
- 3,396
- 3
- 20
- 43
15
votes
5 answers
Was Obama's JAMA paper the first academic journal article authored by a sitting president?
I have read a few sources claiming that Obama's JAMA paper published this month was the first academic journal article authored by a sitting president. Is that true?
Example:
Franck Dernoncourt
- 7,224
- 4
- 33
- 76
10
votes
0 answers
Did Alfred Kinsey sexually abuse children for his studies?
The following is an interesting question posted in Psychology.SE which was closed as off-topic. It was not migrated here so I thought I would ask it.
An article at…
Chris Rogers
- 2,628
- 2
- 16
- 36
9
votes
0 answers
Are today's vegetables so much nutrient poor compared to vegetables from many years ago?
On the web there is plenty of material like this one claiming that the vegetables we buy today are much less nutritious than vegetables from 40/70/100 years ago.
8 oranges today have the same nutrients as 1 orange 100 years ago
There is also…
heapOverflow
- 191
- 1
9
votes
2 answers
When the WHO/CDC/NIH recommended wearing cloth masks, did they cite any scientific paper supporting their effectiveness?
Background
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons asserts that cloth masks are not a way to meaningfully protect someone against COVID-19 nor against source-control. According to their website:
Introduction
COVID-19 is as…
isakbob
- 845
- 1
- 6
- 12
9
votes
1 answer
Are there fewer than 500 people researching antibiotic resistance?
The emergence of anti-microbial resistance in the bugs that cause infectious diseases has been called the biggest threat to modern medicine. For example:
England’s chief medical officer has warned of a “post-antibiotic apocalypse” as she issued a…
matt_black
- 56,186
- 16
- 175
- 373
6
votes
1 answer
Which typically comes first: basic science or technological advance?
Matt Ridley claims in The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge (and also in an article in the Wall Street Journal):
In his book he argues:
Again and again, once you examine the history of innovation, you find scientific breakthroughs as…
matt_black
- 56,186
- 16
- 175
- 373
5
votes
0 answers
Did Fauci outsource gain-of-function research to China during a US moratorium?
A Times of Israel blog writes:
Back in October 2014, the US government had placed a federal moratorium on gain-of-function (GOF) research—altering natural pathogens to make them more deadly and infectious–as a result of rising fears about a…
Fizz
- 57,051
- 18
- 175
- 291
4
votes
0 answers
Did Kyiv National Linguistic University publish a map showing that only a few Ukrainians (in the West of the country) speak Ukrainian at home?
Various Russian & other sources give this map (also on P.SE, but probably the most notable of these might be https://www.opendemocracy.net/ru/kto-boretsya-s-kem-v-ukraine-i-pochemu/)
Was that map actually published by "Kyiv National Linguistic…
Fizz
- 57,051
- 18
- 175
- 291
4
votes
1 answer
Did WHO publish a bulletin stating that COVID-19 is “equivalent in lethality to seasonal flu”?
Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi said that the WHO published a bulletin stating that COVID-19 is "equivalent in lethality to seasonal flu" in October 2020 in this video. I linked the video so that it should start at the relevant timestamp.
I looked through their…
Zhro
- 159
- 3
4
votes
1 answer
Is divorce caused (or influenced by) genetics?
From Independent headline:
Divorce does run in the family and could be genetic, researchers have suggested.
... the study – carried out by Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Lund University in Sweden
The study seems to be based on people…
user5341
- 31,075
- 8
- 130
- 178
3
votes
0 answers
Empirical evidence that foster children are better off with relatives than non-relative foster parents?
I'm looking into foster care policy and I'm coming across an empirical problem. There is a broad consensus that finding a relative of a foster child (often referred to as kin) leads to empirically better for outcomes for that child. For…
lazarusL
- 208
- 1
- 5
3
votes
0 answers
Does science advance "one funeral at a time"?
In an article in the Guardian about how ideas in nutrition science have advanced and have influenced dietary advice to the public, the authors quote Max Planck as having said, famously:
“A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its…
matt_black
- 56,186
- 16
- 175
- 373
2
votes
0 answers
Academic study on the proportion of hearing "no" versus "yes" among toddlers
I vaguely remember a study claiming that children heard the word "no" a lot more often than the word "yes". I could not find it today; I did find this claim
A UCLA survey from a few years ago, reported that the average one year old child hears the…
miguelmorin
- 121
- 2
2
votes
0 answers
What does science say about GM cow research in New Zealand?
I saw this article while perusing the internet:
http://sustainablepulse.com/2015/10/23/gm-cow-experiments-in-new-zealand-show-disastrous-results/#.VipkId_BzRZ
Looking through the sources, they clearly come from very biased sources but I wasn't able…
ChaosEvoker
- 21
- 1