The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to David Card of the University of California, Berkeley, Joshua Angrist of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Guido Imbens ...

Regarding David Henderson’s op-ed “ ‘Natural Experiments’ Lead to an Economics Nobel” (Oct. 12): Natural experiments require circumstances in which political events, geopolitical boundaries and so ...

Cleo McVicker made soap in Cincinnati. Then came the Great Depression. By 1933, his company reeling, McVicker pitched the Kroger grocery store chain on a new product: a cleanser designed specifically ...

Three U.S.-based economists are sharing this year's Nobel memorial prize for their work on "natural experiments" which get around the need for controlled experiments. During the pandemic, we've heard ...

A natural experiment is an empirical study in which individuals (or clusters of individuals) are exposed to the experimental and control conditions that are determined by nature or by other factors ...

From a telescope network that spans much of the globe to a psychology study that spans 67 countries, here are the biggest science experiments on the planet. When you purchase through links on our site ...

Finding an activity that adequately keeps kids entertained can be challenging, but the best science kits for kids help stave off boredom, all while being relatively easy to use and educational. The ...