The advent of technologies to probe DNA copy number genome-wide has led to rapid progress in the understanding of how segments of the genome can vary in copy number between individuals 1,2. In ...

The word “hypothesis” has celebrity status. From Ancient Greece through the Enlightenment to Total Quality Management, the process of hypothesis testing provokes thinkers and researchers to elucidate ...

We take science seriously at The Conversation and we work hard at reporting it accurately. This series of five posts is adapted from an internal presentation on how to understand and edit science by ...

Jeanne Ross, a researcher at MIT's Sloan School of Business, identifies a new method of achievement, learning and goal-setting for organizations. In her article, Why Hypotheses Beat Goals At Work, ...