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Dive into our research

Leverage's research programs, Social Science, Bottlenecks, and Metascience, tackle the challenge of advancing the scientific enterprise in different ways. Read our original research, learn about our efforts to support new breakthrough research projects, and learn more about science itself: its past, present, and possible futures.

Bottlenecks

Some areas in science and technology have become stuck. We analyze fields, from nuclear energy to longevity to quantum biology, to find the real bottlenecks and identify promising ways forward.

Social Science

Despite great efforts, fields such as psychology and sociology lag far behind the physical sciences. Learn about our attempt to advance the social sciences towards reliability and utility.

Metascience

Studying the history and philosophy of science makes it possible to do better science. Read our case studies of important history discoveries and learn about challenging conceptual issues in science.

Featured Project

Quantum Biology

The field of quantum biology sits at the intersection of biology and experimental quantum physics. Learn about how nature may have taken advantage of quantum phenomena, especially electron spin superposition and spin-dependent chemical reactions, and the work of Clarice Aiello and the Quantum Biology Institute.

Featured Project

Introspection

Identifying reliable reports about a person's mind makes it possible to model their beliefs and goals. Such models can then be used to predict action. With rapid feedback on many proposed interventions, a full-fledged exploration of the mind becomes possible. Learn about Leverage's foundational exploration of the human mind.

Featured Project

History of Science

Throughout the history of successful science, from astronomy and optics to chemistry and geology, there are only a few hundred major discoveries. Leverage is conducting case studies on each of these, beginning with electricity. These case studies will furnish a data set that will make public and scientific discussion of science much easier.

Bottlenecks

Social Science

Metascience

Recent Reports

Leverage publishes reports on many topics in science and technology, including case studies on major discoveries in the history of science, analyses of bottlenecks in existing fields, as well as research from our own foundational research programs.

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Leverage's approach is based on more than a decade of thinking about people and science. Watch our YouTube videos or follow us on social media to learn more!