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Is redoing scientific research the best way to find truth?

During replication attempts, too many studies fail to pass muster

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REPEAT PERFORMANCE  By some accounts, science is facing a crisis of confidence because the results of many studies aren’t confirmed when researchers attempt to replicate the experiments. 

Harry Campbell

By Tina Hesman Saey

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