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2 days, 12 hours agoThe rise and fall of peer review
Why the greatest scientific experiment in history failed, and why that’s a great thing.
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1 week, 2 days agoPromised Cures, Tainted Cells: How Cord Blood Banks Mislead Parents
Families pay thousands of dollars to store their children’s stem cells with the hope of a healthier future. But the cells are rarely useful, and sometimes contaminated.
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2 weeks, 3 days agoSunday Discussion, Part 3: Epistemology Camp
The final part of Sunday at BSI’s 2024 Epistemology Camp. The day was a loosely structured open discussion, covering probability, quantum theory, cosmology, journal publication and more.
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1 month agoWe have a judgment
Dr. Malcolm Kendrick and Zoë Harcombe PhD received a judgement in their favor yesterday in a London court. Kendrick and Harbombe had filed a libel suit against Associated Newspapers and a journalist who published…
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1 month agoThe Supreme Court rules for Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states
The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including…
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1 month agoScientific fraud: The case of the Spanish university rector should prompt change to ranking system
The founders of Retraction Watch, an organization specialized in research misconduct, call for eliminating the incentives to manipulate metrics.
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1 month, 1 week agoSunday Discussion, Part 2: Epistemology Camp
Sunday at BSI’s 2024 Epistemology Camp was a loosely structured open discussion, covering probability, quantum theory, cosmology, and more.
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1 month, 2 weeks agoPaper mills pose threat to scientific scholarship
As students, scientists, and other professionals face pressures to publish content, paper mills exploit this demand to the detriment of academic integrity and scholarly publishing.
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1 month, 3 weeks agoLow-carb diets work. Why does the American Diabetes Association push insulin instead?
The American Diabetes Association takes millions from companies that stand to profit from our reliance on drugs. Is that affecting their guidance?
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1 month, 4 weeks agoTrust The "Science"...That Just Retracted 11,000 "Peer Reviewed" Papers
Another look at flaws in the academic journal industry, now powered by AI to crank out more volume than ever before.
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2 months agoSunday Discussion, Part 1: Epistemology Camp
Sunday at BSI’s 2024 Epistemology Camp was a loosely structured open discussion, covering probability, quantum theory, cosmology, and more.
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2 months agoScandal at America's Top Science Fair
Winner of the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in environmental engineering took home $55,000 for first place. Turns out he photoshopped images and data supporting his project.
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2 months, 1 week agoFlood of Fake Science Forces Multiple Journal Closures
Wiley to shutter 19 more journals, some tainted by fraud.
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2 months, 2 weeks agoDoes the American Diabetes Association work for patients or companies? A lawsuit dared to ask
The ADA just settled an explosive legal case accusing the organization of betraying people with diabetes.
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2 months, 3 weeks agoExcessive use of words like ‘commendable’ and ‘meticulous’ suggests ChatGPT has been used in thousands of scientific studies
A London librarian has analyzed millions of articles in search of uncommon terms abused by artificial intelligence programs.
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3 months agoPrescription 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.
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3 months, 1 week agoTreating 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.
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3 months, 2 weeks agoAs 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…
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3 months, 3 weeks agoCA’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.
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4 months, 2 weeks agoCancer 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.
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