The problem with "studies/research" today is that most of it cannot reproduced, not that it went nowhere. It's not really a matter of "cleaning up" the research to make it "positive". In other words, most science today isn't real science.

Throw in the issues of funding ( government - political issues, private - corporate issues ) and there is very little incentive for real research. And with the current academic environment at leading institutions like Yale, scientists probably are too afraid to do research honestly on sensitive topics.

Also, isn't this just a rehash of another nytimes article from last year?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/upshot/science-needs-a-so...

There are 3 or 4 nytimes articles on the frontpage. At this rate, how long before the entire frontpage is just nytimes? Just redirect hn to nytimes and be done with it?