Lo stupore di tre medici ci regala la meraviglia di un affresco di Beato Angelico a Fiesole.

Restaurare un’opera d’arte: togliere incrostazioni, restituire verità. Qualcosa di simile all’analisi critica della ricerca.
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"The scientific literature is an essential ocean of knowledge, in which floats an alarming amount of junk."

Reflecting on RFK Jr.'s use of scholarly papers in his confirmation hearings.

“Reading, in particular, is an important exercise in inferiority, an insistence on listening to something without imposing your own design on it. It’s a grounding and an ascension,” writes Tim Donahue.

L’affaire #USAID: aiutare chi ha bisogno è nel nostro interesse.

La scelta scellerata di Donald Trump va contro l’interesse anche dei cittadini statunitensi: ridurre le disuguaglianze rende il mondo più sicuro, oltre che meno iniquo. @careonlineit
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We are up against Brandolini’s Law: The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.

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The media has failed the public on a crucial matter: the derangement of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., writes @davidcorn.bsky.social.

News reports often describe him as a vaccine skeptic when he is far more dangerous than that.

"When Sen. Sanders asked whether health care is a right, Kennedy refused to answer.

"Under prolonged badgering, Kennedy all but admitted he thinks care should be denied if your past behavior wasn't 'healthy' enough."

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Humans.

#sinner #zverev

Cyber attacks, lawsuits, online surveillance, and even physical threats.

These are the consequences facing researchers studying the harms of 🚬 tobacco, 🍷 alcohol, and 🥓 ultra-processed foods.

@melissamialon.bsky.social

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“Deciding what not to publish can be just as important as deciding what to keep in.”

As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job. So I have decided to leave the Post…I will not stop holding truth to power…because as they say, “Democracy dies in darkness”.

"@science.org and Retraction Watch’s investigation suggests authors, journals, and institutions all benefit from the scheme, which floods the literature with poor-quality publications and casts doubt on metrics of scholarly output and impact."

Controversial COVID study that promoted unproven treatment retracted after four-year saga

Paper on hydroxychloroquine led by French researcher Didier Raoult is second-most-cited study ever to be withdrawn.

@richvn.bsky.social reports at Nature.

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Bluesky seems like such a breath of fresh air. @battellemedia.com
And that’s why I’m choosing to enjoy it.

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It is so strange to talk about a crisis when scientific publishers earn so much money.

Robert Kennedy Jr, Jay Bhattakarya: End the distinction between conservatives and liberals, and anti-institutional figures.

If people's health were not involved, Trump's experiment would be intriguing.

Anyway, it’s not to be comfortable.

This is a manifesto for living a happy life.

(Spoiler: We are almost never responsible for our health, and we are almost always not to blame for our illnesses.)

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