Editing 1948 in science (section)

==Medicine and human sciences==
* January 5 – The first [[Kinsey Reports|Kinsey Report]], ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published in the [[United States]].
* April 7 –  The [[World Health Organization]] is established by the [[United Nations]].
* July 5 – The [[National Health Service]] begins functioning in the [[United Kingdom]], giving the right to universal healthcare, free at point of use.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/lostdecade/timeline_html.shtml|title=The Lost Decade Timeline|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=2007-09-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821133044/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/lostdecade/timeline_html.shtml|archivedate=2006-08-21}}</ref>
* Winter 1948/49 – Outbreak of [[Akureyri disease]] in Iceland.
* In [[psychology]], [[Bertram Forer]] demonstrates the [[Barnum effect]] (that people tend to accept generalised descriptions of personality as uniquely applicable to themselves).
* [[Julius Axelrod]] and [[Bernard Brodie (biochemist)|Bernard Brodie]] identify the [[analgesic]] properties of [[acetaminophen]].