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Nature has retracted a major oceans warming paper, after ten months of mass freakouts

The more sobbing, screaming teens are paraded in front of the public, the more reasonable climate skepticism begins to sound.

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Kim Kardashian’s paper one of Top Ten Science Retractions of 2018

One can’t help thinking that in at least two cases, much more must be wrong than just individual misconduct.

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What can a huge retractions database teach us?

A tenfold increase in retractions around the turn of the millennium prompted action and study, including the project by Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus, founders of Retraction Watch, to list and study retractions. Overall, improved vigilance has slowed the trend, but key problems remain, including: A disturbingly large portion of papers—about 2%—contain “problematic” scientific images Read More…

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Can retracting bad papers actually hinder science reform?

That seems counterintuitive, but consider: Retractions can be a way of sweeping misconduct under the rug, when a thorough investigation is really what is needed. The retracted paper is co-authored by researchers who used to collaborate with Yoshihiro Sato, a now-deceased bone researcher who has accrued dozens of retractions. But investigation tends to stop with Read More…

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