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Are planned analyses more reliable than discoveries? A test of the efficacy of preregistration Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia Bethany Teachman $169,909
From reality to representation: Exploring the role of anxiety as a moderator in the development of beliefs about supernatural powers Trustees of Boston University Kathleen Corriveau, Telli Davoodi $234,800
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Increasing Complexity: The First Rule of Evolution? The University of Bath Matthew Wills, Marcello Ruta $793,292
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How We Can Avoid Escalating Arguments September 26, 2019 Futurity Developing the Chicago Center for Practical Wisdom
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Largest-ever ancient-DNA study illuminates millennia of South and Central Asian prehistory September 10, 2019 EurekAlert! The Ancient DNA Atlas of Humanity
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Theoretical equivalence and duality September 24, 2019 Synthese The Black Hole Initiative: Towards a Center for Interdisciplinary Research
Distinct patterns of thought mediate the link between brain functional connectome and psychological well-being September 8, 2019 bioRxiv Prospective Psychology Stage 2: A Research Competition
The association between Extraversion and well‐being is limited to one facet September 6, 2019 Journal of Personality Well-Being: Investigations in Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Religious Studies
The Value of Character-Based Judgement in the Professional Domain September 5, 2019 Journal of Business Ethics Transformative Britain
Kombucha: a novel model system for cooperation and conflict in a complex multi-species microbial ecosystem September 3, 2019 PeerJ Generous by nature: Need-based transfers and the origins of human cooperation
Absence of a thick atmosphere on the terrestrial exoplanet LHS 3844b September 1, 2019 Nature The Alien Earths Initiative
Scientific Utopia III: Crowdsourcing Science September 1, 2019 Perspectives on Psychological Science Center for Open Science – Openness, integrity, and reproducibility: Aligning scientific practices with scientific values to accelerate discovery