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CommentaryLast summer I wrote about “Harvard’s Big Problem”—the problem of having so many people want to attend their school…
CommentaryLast summer I wrote about “Harvard’s Big Problem”—the problem of having so many people want to attend their school…
Statistics is an interesting branch of science that has often got a bad rap. It teaches us a lot about the world and helps us…
IT'S BEEN A HELL of a year for science scandals. In July, Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne, a prominent…
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Two experts on dishonesty are separately accused of tampering with data for the same research paper.
Two years ago, an influential 2012 study of dishonesty co-authored by the social psychologist and best-selling author Dan…
To Maurice E. Schweitzer, a University of Pennsylvania business professor, it seemed logical to team up with Francesca Gino, a…
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Fakery spans “beautified” data, photoshopped images, and “paper mills.” Experts and institutions are employing tools to spot…
Sloppy scientific research, climate hysteria, pandemic distortion: examples abound.
For scientists, publication in Nature is a career high-water mark. To make its pages, work must be deemed exceptionally…
For scientists, publication in is a career high-water mark. To make its pages, work must be deemed exceptionally important…
For scientists, publication in Nature is a career high-water mark. To make its pages, work must be deemed exceptionally…
When I was a graduate student and, later, a postdoctoral researcher, I would ask senior scientists what I could do to best…
Photo: Sean Benesh/Unsplash Honesty is a virtue in science because it is essential for the satisfaction of curiosity; it is a…
Office of Inspector General must keep scientific research honest if we are to trust it.
Ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug, and a very good one. If you are infected with the roundworms that cause river blindness or…
Claims about the drug are based on shoddy science—but that science is entirely unremarkable in its shoddiness.
Ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug, and a very good one. If you are infected with the roundworms that cause river blindness or…
Ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug, and a very good one. If you are infected with the roundworms that cause river blindness or…
Research is usually considered trustworthy. Many would probably argue that research published in scientific papers is as close…
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Researchers affiliated with the University of Washington and Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence say they’ve developed…
Reptiles — Maurits Cornelis Escher The ‘Reproducibility Crisis’ is common knowledge in the scientific community.
Over the past decade, many scholars have questioned the credibility of research across a variety of scientific fields.
Over the past decade, many scholars have questioned the credibility of research across a variety of scientific fields.
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Over the past decade, many scholars have questioned the credibility of research across a variety of scientific fields.
The fall from grace wasn't exactly swift, but it was stunning. Among stem-cell researchers, Piero Anversa's work trying to…
The fall from grace wasn't exactly swift, but it was stunning. Among stem cell researchers, Piero Anversa's work trying to…
By Kai Zhang, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill There’s an increasing concern among scholars that, in many areas of…
In 2011, Bayer HealthCare reviewed 67 in-house projects and found that they could replicate less than 25 percent Theres an…
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There’s an increasing concern among scholars that, in many areas of science, famous published results tend to be impossible to…
Over time, groups of experts become embedded within our societies. They become our trusted institutions.
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But concerns about his research came to a head on Wednesday when leading medical journals retracted six of his articles, the…
Cornell University professor Brian Wansink may have helped shape our country's relationship with food, but concerns about his…
Volume 95 Issue 47 | p. 15 | News of The Week Issue Date: November 27, 2017 Almost 75% report knowing about misconduct by their…
5619565 A Boston hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School will pay $10 million in fines to resolve allegations that…
5613893 A Harvard physician thought the recent “March For Science” looked more like a religious event than one to promote the…
5549402 Dozens of scientific journals hired a fake scientist to editorial positions, and some even took cash payments in…
5510344 Progressive group-think mentality is rife among U.K. academics and is killing science on campus, according to new…
© ISTOCK.COM/RAWPIXEL In 1999, China was responsible for 3.5 percent of scientific studies published globally, according to the…
Late last month, a US physicist began a jail sentence for scientific fraud. Darin Kinion took funds for research on quantum…
5447407 Academia needs to be a lot more humble if it wants to keep the trust of society, according to a British physicist.
Bjørn Hofmann er professor i medisinsk filosofi og etikk ved Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet i Gjøvik og Senter…
5429366 The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) released 13 million pages of declassified documents detailing the agency’s 1,864…
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5295895 Government funding is leading to scientific research that can’t be replicated, according to a new report detailing…
5243738 Government funding of scientific research has a corrupting influence that could cause more unethical behavior among…
A small government office that monitors misconduct in biomedical research is in turmoil, jeopardizing oversight of billions of…
A small government office that monitors misconduct in biomedical research is in turmoil, jeopardizing oversight of billions of…
A small government office that monitors misconduct in biomedical research is in turmoil, jeopardizing oversight of billions of…
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Sometimes scientists, the media and the general public inadvertently conspire to oversell science.
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Imagine seeing this headline: The story might go something like this: Neuroscientists have proven that zapping your brain with…
Imagine seeing this headline: The story might go something like this: Neuroscientists have proven that zapping your brain with…
Én procent af de adspurgte forskere indrømmede, at de havde opdigtet eller forfalsket egne data mindst én gang i løbet af deres…
Scientific misconduct may be a bigger problem than many scientists think, according to a recent report by Science Europe.
Christopher Kimmel/Getty Ah, the naivety of the older generation. Nearly 500 eminent astronomers, biologists, chemists…
Un equipo internacional de científicos intenta replicar 100 artículos relevantes y solo logra hacerlo en un 39% de los casos
This winter, Kevin Folta, a plant molecular biologist with the University of Florida's (UF) Institute of Food and Agricultural…
A researcher buried in records requests can’t attend to actual science. Man image via www.shutterstock.com This winter, Kevin…
Publiseringspress og en tendens til å la seg friste, er blant faktorene som fører til at forskere tar snarveier, ifølge…
Ethicist Trisha Phillips discusses the fall-out from the Michael LaCour scandal.
Uredelighetsforskeren Daniele Fanelli går vitenskapelig til verks for å finne ut av hvorfor forskere velger å fuske.
Like any methodology, it has pluses and minuses. But it complements other approaches in invaluable ways.
In April the prestigious Swiss federal technology institute ETH Zurich announced it was investigating one of its professors…
Universities should release reports to show what they are doing to tackle misconduct — and funders should help them to do so…
In his book Derailed , about his fall from academic grace, the Dutch psychologist Diederik Stapel explained his preferred…
Research fraud appears to be increasing. Alice Klein looks at the reasons why and how the scientific community is fighting back.
Yet fraud is still increasing, study shows, and discovery usually ends scientific careers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Analysis puts a price on misconduct for US funder and claims it only comes to $58 million over 10 years
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Imagine you're a scientist. You're interested in testing the hypothesis that playing violent video games makes people more…
One more corner, then I'll answer your questions. campuspartymexico , CC BY Imagine you’re a scientist. You’re interested in…
Schummeln, ohne zu lügen – das ist die neue Plage der Wissenschaft. Das Ausmaß der Betrügereien erschreckt. Es gilt, Qualität…
Ian Boyd calls for an auditing process to help policy-makers to navigate research bias.
Go America, land of exaggerating to get ahead! Despite its lofty ideals, science isn't always impartial and unbiased.
The NIH has required researchers to receive instruction about responsible conduct for more than 20 years, but misconduct is…
Attendees search for ways to tackle misconduct and sloppy science.