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Culture of Trial and Error

funding
science correction

May 17, 2026

Cultures of Trial and Error: When the Spell Breaks: Magic, Money, and the EPR Effect

How nanomedicine conjured billions from thin air and what happened when the enchantment failed

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Behind the Scenes

March 11, 2026

Behind the Scenes: How to Set Up a Diamond Open Access Journal?

In this post, we explore the practical steps and considerations involved in setting up a Diamond Open Access (OA) journal.

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Culture of Trial and Error

February 02, 2026

Cultures of Trial and Error: The Narrative Side of (Open) Science

Heterogenous communities with explicit commitments to science corrections or what this blog series summarises under the descriptor ‘cultures of trial and error’ have existed for the longest time.

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January 26, 2026

Stop Formatting Before the Desk Reject: A Proposal for Staged Submissions

Many flagship journals reject most manuscripts at the desk-review stage, with rates of 40–80% being common

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Culture of Trial and Error

December 07, 2025

Cultures of Trial and Error: Field-specific Barriers to Performing Replications

In this piece, we call for more comparative research on field-specific replication dynamics.

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November 05, 2025

Trial & Error Symposium 2025: Honesty, Openness, and Cultural Change

Trial & Error Symposium 2025: Honesty, Openness, and Cultural Change

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Culture of Trial and Error

failure
science correction

October 05, 2025

Cultures of Trial and Error: Self, Correction, and Science in Conflict-Laden Science

Once upon a time, when it was said that science self-corrects, the image was of a relatively unified culture, a body of practices guided by shared norms of disinterested inquiry.

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Culture of Trial and Error

metascience
science correction

September 01, 2025

Cultures of Trial and Error: Engines of Science Correction in the Biosciences - And How They Sometimes Run Out of Steam

Scientific correction is often imagined as a clear-cut, procedural, and largely self-contained response to error

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Culture of Trial and Error

July 30, 2025

Cultures of Trial and Error: The Promise of Open Notebook Science

Open notebook science challenges the traditional ways we produce and share knowledge, creating a more transparent and collaborative approach to research that could foster science correction

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Culture of Trial and Error

June 29, 2025

Cultures of Trial and Error: Hoaxes, Thought Experiments & Science Sleuths: Sniffing Out Ways to Correct the Scientific Record

In August 2024, a peculiar letter to the editor titled “Practice of Neurosurgery on Saturn” was published in the International Journal of Surgery Case Reports.

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