Prescription Drugs Are the Leading Cause of Death

Frequently unreported or classified under a different cause, deaths from prescription drugs are on the rise. Peter Gøtzsche tallies up the totals and finds the risks to be higher than previously thought.

Treating Pancreatic Cancer: Could Metabolism—Not Genomics—Be the Key?

Despite the expansion of the field of cancer genomics, Thomas Seyfried maintains that the metabolic view offers a better explanation for the cause, and better solutions for the treatment of cancers.

As obesity rises, Big Food and dietitians push ‘anti-diet’ advice

By sponsoring dietitians on social media and funding their own studies, General Mills and other cereal brands are shifting the narrative away from the detrimental physical effects of a high-carbohydrate diet, and…

CA’s Architect of “Equity-Based Algebra” Accused of Academic Fraud

The state’s math framework is strongly influenced by the academic work of Jo Boaler, now accused of significantly distorting citations in research underpinning the framework.

Cancer risk assessment, its wretched history and what it means for public health

From corruption in governing bodies to deliberate misrepresentations by researchers, this series takes the first steps to correct the scientific record in the field of cancer risk.

How (not) to deal with missing data: An economist’s take on a controversial study

Economist Gary Smith digs into a published study on green innovations that failed to disclose missing pieces of its dataset.

How did this pass peer review?

Februaury 15, 2024 Article by Elisabeth Bik. “A review article with some obviously fake and non-scientific illustrations created by Artificial Intelligence (AI) […]

The Theory That Would Not Die

How Bayes’ Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy

Top Harvard Medical School Neuroscientist Accused of Research Misconduct

Data falsification claims against Harvard researchers have now expanded to Khalid Shah, a neuroscientist at Harvard Medical school. The claims include 44 instances of fraud spanning from 2001 to 2023.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Researchers Accused of Manipulating Data

Four senior researchers at Harvard’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have been accused of forging data through “duplications of blots, bands, and plots within images.”

The Significant Problem of P Values

The p value plays into the human need for certainty and has led to the reproducibility crisis in may fields. Some researchers want to tweak the system of analysis, while others want to overhaul it.

A Mathematician’s Lament

In this essay mathematician Paul Lockhart makes the argument that math is an art form, and should be taught like one.

Long-Term Use Of Statins Linked To Heart Disease

More evidence emerges that the use of statins to lower cholesterol may be counterproductive in preventing heart failure. Though cholesterol levels may be lowered, statins can inhibit vitamin K production, a…

HARKing: Hypothesizing After the Results are Known

By Norbert L. Kerr Summary This paper by psychologist Norbert Kerr discusses the emerging practice in science of asserting a […]

Scientific method: Statistical errors

Surrogate Science: The Idol of a Universal Method for Scientific Inference

CO2: "WHY ME?"

An unhealthy obsession with p-values is ruining science

Gavin Schmidt on the Acquittal of CO2

The Aquittal of carbon dioxide