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“Is science journalism dying? Comparing a ‘science crash’ 40 years ago to today.” theconversation.com/is-scien…

Is science journalism dying? Comparing a ‘science crash’ 40 years ago to today

While science journalism layoffs pile up and publications shutter, more science communication than ever is available via other online venues.

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“Fraud sealed the fate of controversial zoologist Paul Kammerer — 100 years on, his ideas deserve revisiting.” nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Fraud sealed the fate of controversial zoologist Paul Kammerer — 100 years on, his ideas deserve...

Nature - After an eventful life in the limelight, the discovery of a manipulated specimen preceded the biologist’s death. Questions about his findings remain.

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"China's Price of Retraction: Wasted Research Funding and Beyond." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

China's Price of Retraction: Wasted Research Funding and Beyond

Although China faces a constantly increasing number of retractions and underlying systemic research integrity issues, its financial losses attributable to funded-but-retracted publications remain...

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"Economics journals are governed by a shrinking elite." blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci…

Economics journals are governed by a shrinking elite - LSE Impact

Journal growth in economics has stalled, member turnover has collapsed, and boards have become stable and insular. Does a lack of diversity hold the field back?

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Slovakian university “will investigate the ethical misconduct of two teachers” who have resigned. hnonline.sk/slovensko/963023…

Univerzita Mateja Bela preverí etické pochybenia dvoch pedagógov, Klátik aj Michalko skončili vo...

Rektor Univerzity Mateja Bela podal podnet na etickú komisiu pre podozrenia z porušenia výskumnej integrity pri vedeckom príspevku dvojice pedagógov právnickej fakulty. Obaja sa vzdali akademických...

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Tennessee researcher heads to court amid claims of theft, forgery and revenge. retractionwatch.com/2026/09/…

Tennessee researcher heads to court amid claims of theft, forgery and revenge

In May 2025, Tennessee authorities were preparing to arrest a university math professor for allegedly soliciting university donations from his students and pocketing the money.  Middle Tenness…

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University “dropped from lawsuit by U.S. politician over release of his widely criticized PhD thesis.” cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns… A researcher said in 2024 he found “213 cases of academic fraud or misconduct” in the thesis. cityandstatepa.com/politics/…

UNB dropped from lawsuit by U.S. politician over release of his widely criticized PhD thesis | CBC...

The University of New Brunswick has been removed from a lawsuit in the United States by a Republican politician who alleged the school leaked his doctoral thesis and was part of a scheme to discredit...

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"Trust in data: reproducibility packages do not guarantee validity." deevybee.blogspot.com/2026/0…
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In an experiment at the International Conference on Machine Learning, 22.5% of peer reviewers asked not to use an LLM did so anyway. arxiv.org/abs/2609.19420v1

Use and Effects of LLMs in Peer Review: A Randomized Experiment...

LLMs are rapidly reshaping peer review, making it important to understand how reviewers use them in practice and how different LLM-use policies affect review outcomes. We investigate these...

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"NIH details $170 million biomedical research reproducibility effort." science.org/content/article/…

NIH details $170 million biomedical research reproducibility effort

Agency director announces literature search tool, other plans to improve reliability of science findings

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“AI in peer review should be a second reader, not a judge.” kevinmd.com/2026/09/ai-in-pe…

AI in peer review should be a second reader, not a judge

AI in peer review can flag statistics, citations, and reporting gaps, but reviewer fatigue is the deeper strain. See why the hybrid model keeps humans deciding.

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Lancet union declares first-ever strike over staff wages. retractionwatch.com/2026/09/…

Lancet union declares first-ever strike over staff wages

Union members at The Lancet and its affiliated journals will go on strike Sept. 22 for one day with further action planned for the following week, after pay negotiations with parent publisher Elsev…

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"Claudine Gay Is Back at Harvard—to Teach a Class About Harvard." wsj.com/us-news/education/ha… She resigned as president of the university after being accused of plagiarism. nytimes.com/2023/12/20/us/ha…

Claudine Gay Is Back at Harvard—to Teach a Class About Harvard

The former president, who resigned in 2024, is teaching a course that examines university power struggles.

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"Hundreds of ‘free’ academic journals have started charging fees," a move many editors have resigned over. nature.com/articles/d41586-0… retractionwatch.com/the-retr…

Hundreds of ‘free’ academic journals have started charging fees

Nature - A study tracking diamond open-access journals has found an increase in titles switching to other publishing models — especially over the past few years.

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“The Smithsonian Used Her DNA. And Lost Her Trust.” chronicle.com/article/the-sm…

Sally Hemings’s Oldest Descendant Gave the Smithsonian Her DNA. She Says It Lost Her Trust.

On the eve of a new book that promises to settle the debate about Thomas Jefferson, a Hemings relative is raising alarms that its science hasn’t been vetted.

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Wiley investigating book chapter on biodiversity for fake references. retractionwatch.com/2026/09/…

Wiley investigating book chapter on biodiversity for fake references

While reading a chapter from a 2024 book on restoring biodiversity in post-industrial land earlier this month, an ecologist came across a reference to a study on rewilding she wanted to look up.&nb…

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"China must enforce high standards of integrity for scientists." scmp.com/opinion/comment/art…

Editorial | China must enforce high standards of integrity for scientists

Beijing’s ambitions for scientific leadership require not just investment but trust from the international community and the Chinese public.

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"Will retracting your paper ruin your career?" normalcurves.com/ctrl-z-awar… A podcast featuring the inaugural winners of our Ctrl-Z Award. centerforscientificintegrity…

Ctrl-Z Awards: Will retracting your paper ruin your career?

What happens when you discover that your published paper is wrong? Does retracting it ruin your reputation—or could owning the mistake actually make things better? …

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"AI saves scientists seven hours a week," but they spend "'meaningful share' of that gain verifying AI-generated results," study finds. researchprofessionalnews.com… ai.google/static/documents/A…

AI saves scientists seven hours a week, Google paper finds - Research Professional News

But study also highlights extra time spent verifying AI-generated results and push towards “safer” projects

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Tennessee researcher heads to court amid claims of theft, forgery and revenge. retractionwatch.com/2026/09/…

Tennessee researcher heads to court amid claims of theft, forgery and revenge

In May 2025, Tennessee authorities were preparing to arrest a university math professor for allegedly soliciting university donations from his students and pocketing the money.  Middle Tenness…

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