A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. Every survey finding published by Pew Research ...

Medication mistakes — in which the wrong drug or the wrong dose is given to a patient — are among the most common errors in medicine. John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the ...

While the exact cause of this error is not known, it is worth checking if you have fulfilled all the system requirements for Java. If you are using a Windows system ...

Malte Elson is blunt when it comes to science’s ability to self-correct. “The way we currently treat errors doesn’t work,” he says. To prove his point, Elson, a psychologist at the University of Bern, ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

After the shock of losing her job, Lisa Hill-Green of Richmond, Va., struggled to pay her bills. In an effort to bring down her costs, she went to her mortgage lender for a loan modification. But then ...

One of the nice things about playing all of your PC games through a Steam account is that you can download the game files and store them on your local hard drive, as opposed to trying to play a game ...

Quantum Error is the best modern example I can think of when it comes to a game that attempts to do so much and yet fails at almost all of it. The main exception is ...

Minecraft is a fairly well-developed game. Be that as it may, bugs, glitches, and errors occur in even the best-made games. Some players have reported encountering an ...

Misdiagnosis of disease or other medical conditions leads to hundreds of thousands of deaths and permanent disabilities each year in the United States, according to a report published this week. About ...