Research publications are the location where new scientific ideas are put forward, debated, and accepted or refuted. The research article is one of the most important outputs of any research project. However, they are typically written for other experts, so they can be challenging for non-scientists to understand. In this video, we’ll talk about some features research articles have that can help even non-experts understand what the research was about and what the authors think it shows. This video is aligned with Chapter 2 of the book Recipes for Science: An Introduction to Scientific Methods and Reasoning, by Angela Potochnik, Matteo Colombo, and Cory Wright.