Girls Are More Engaged When They’re ‘Doing Science’ Rather Than ‘Being Scientists’
A psychological study suggests a way to keep gender stereotypes from discouraging girls’ persistence in science activities… More
Science Education
Santos’ Science of the Good Life is Now Just a Click Away
Over the span of one week in January 2018, Psyc 157: Psychology and the Good Life, became the most popular… More
NSF Releases 2018 Science & Engineering Indicators Report
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has released its most recent Science and Engineering Indicators Report, one of two congressionally mandated biennial reports, on the state of science and engineering investments and the workforce in the US and abroad… More
New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring action-specific perception, intuitive judgments about the limits of science, and group reputation and prosocial behavior in children… More
Alienating the Audience: How Abbreviations Hamper Scientific Communication
Consistent with the movement toward open science, three researchers call for ending the often confusing and off-putting use of abbreviations in scientific communication… More
Professors’ Influence on Display in APS Membership Initiative
A new effort geared towards mentoring professors leads thousands of new students to join APS for 2017… More