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Can the editor of Science Signaling explain why it took 11 months to retract a paper by the Lesné group after being requested to do so by the authors' institutional research integrity officer, who confirmed published figure did not represent research record. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 28, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Can the editor of Science Signaling explain why it took 11 months to retract a paper by the Lesné group after being requested to do so by the authors' institutional research integrity officer, who confirmed published figure did not represent research record. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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On behalf of Chris Graf: A.
Today's quiz: A) abstract forest art or B) zoomed section of a FT-IR spectrum in Bera et al. 2024 (DOI: 10.1007/s10924-023-03036-0) in 'Journal of Polymers and the Environment'
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December 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
On behalf of Chris Graf: A.
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Russia is a terrorist state and anyone who supports this or praises Putin is reprehensible
This is what Ukrainians have to go through every single damn day
This is what Ukrainians have to go through every single damn day
December 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Russia is a terrorist state and anyone who supports this or praises Putin is reprehensible
This is what Ukrainians have to go through every single damn day
This is what Ukrainians have to go through every single damn day
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Gigantic epidemiology population trial starts with a drug nobody knows what its long term effect is.
FDA approves pill form of Wegovy (semaglutide) weight-loss drug www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... This is big, no?
Once these drugs get cheap & convenient enough for mass use, obesity rates will start falling. Will history remember 1990s-2020s as the "age of obesity"?
Once these drugs get cheap & convenient enough for mass use, obesity rates will start falling. Will history remember 1990s-2020s as the "age of obesity"?
Wegovy pill approved by US FDA for weight loss
Wegovy becomes first pill of its kind to be approved, shifting weight-loss drugs beyond injections.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Gigantic epidemiology population trial starts with a drug nobody knows what its long term effect is.
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1994-2001: US disarms Ukraine of nuclear warheads & intercontinental ballistic missiles
After 9/11: Ukraine sends over 5,000 troops to a "war on another continent" to help the US. 18 die.
2014: Russia invades Ukraine.
2025: US - "It's not our war. It's a war on another continent."
After 9/11: Ukraine sends over 5,000 troops to a "war on another continent" to help the US. 18 die.
2014: Russia invades Ukraine.
2025: US - "It's not our war. It's a war on another continent."
December 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
1994-2001: US disarms Ukraine of nuclear warheads & intercontinental ballistic missiles
After 9/11: Ukraine sends over 5,000 troops to a "war on another continent" to help the US. 18 die.
2014: Russia invades Ukraine.
2025: US - "It's not our war. It's a war on another continent."
After 9/11: Ukraine sends over 5,000 troops to a "war on another continent" to help the US. 18 die.
2014: Russia invades Ukraine.
2025: US - "It's not our war. It's a war on another continent."
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WHO doesn't apply any standards even to biomedicine. They encourage fraud, so why shouldn't homeopathy, TCM and Ayurveda work also?
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December 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
WHO doesn't apply any standards even to biomedicine. They encourage fraud, so why shouldn't homeopathy, TCM and Ayurveda work also?
forbetterscience.com/2018/10/11/w...
forbetterscience.com/2018/10/11/w...
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The U.S. Department of Justice has reached a $15 million NIH grant fraud settlement with Dana-Farber Cancer Center. This resolves a False Claims Act qui tam complaint that I filed on behalf of @sholtodavid.bsky.social in April 2024, with Gregg Shapiro as my co-counsel.
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Eugenie Reich & Gregg Shapiro Announce $15 Million NIH Grant Fraud Settlement (December 2025) Complaint Settlement Agreement Scientific Fraud in the 21st Century (Video Lecture) Sandia Nationa…
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December 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The U.S. Department of Justice has reached a $15 million NIH grant fraud settlement with Dana-Farber Cancer Center. This resolves a False Claims Act qui tam complaint that I filed on behalf of @sholtodavid.bsky.social in April 2024, with Gregg Shapiro as my co-counsel.
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Agrees to Pay $15 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations Related to Scientific Research Grants. The relator [Sholto David] will receive $2,625,000 under today’s settlement.
www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/d...
www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/d...
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Agrees to Pay $15 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations Related to Scientific Research Grants
BOSTON – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Dana-Farber) has agreed to pay $15 million to resolve allegations that, between 2014 and 2024, it made materially false statements and certifications relat...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Agrees to Pay $15 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations Related to Scientific Research Grants. The relator [Sholto David] will receive $2,625,000 under today’s settlement.
www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/d...
www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/d...
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German professor gets told once again he's a moron, in a retraction notice
Schneider Shorts 19.12.2025 – Merry Christmas!
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Schneider Shorts 19.12.2025 – Merry Christmas!
Schneider Shorts 19.12.2025- sleuth wins reward in a lawsuit, an Italian cheater can’t stop lying, with retractions for failed and failing science elites, a Nature expert investigation, and U…
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December 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
German professor gets told once again he's a moron, in a retraction notice
This should apply to many other journals/publishers
same ⬇️👏
No paper from me or my lab will ever be submitted to an MDPI journal - including any of their superfluous "special issues". I will very rarely (if ever) cite MDPI papers. And I will never review for them. deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/08/gues...
The same goes for FrontiersIn journals, among others.
The same goes for FrontiersIn journals, among others.
December 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
This should apply to many other journals/publishers
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This article co-authored by German soil science superstar Rinklebe was just retracted. The editors somehow didn't believe 6410 g/kg was a reliable datapoint:
"...in Table S1 the total potassium content (TK) = 6410 g ± 13.2 g kg-1, meaning that one kg of soil contained about seven kg of potassium."
"...in Table S1 the total potassium content (TK) = 6410 g ± 13.2 g kg-1, meaning that one kg of soil contained about seven kg of potassium."
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This article co-authored by German soil science superstar Rinklebe was just retracted. The editors somehow didn't believe 6410 g/kg was a reliable datapoint:
"...in Table S1 the total potassium content (TK) = 6410 g ± 13.2 g kg-1, meaning that one kg of soil contained about seven kg of potassium."
"...in Table S1 the total potassium content (TK) = 6410 g ± 13.2 g kg-1, meaning that one kg of soil contained about seven kg of potassium."
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Third retraction for #papermill #fraud Jörg Rinklebe from @uni-wuppertal.bsky.social! This time he managed to defy the laws of physics and measure 6.4 kg of K in 1 kg of soil! Of course the whole paper was fake! Will @uni-wuppertal.bsky.social finally act?
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Third retraction for #papermill #fraud Jörg Rinklebe from @uni-wuppertal.bsky.social! This time he managed to defy the laws of physics and measure 6.4 kg of K in 1 kg of soil! Of course the whole paper was fake! Will @uni-wuppertal.bsky.social finally act?
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
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When BMC published this the first days of 2025 we should have known how the year will turn out: Namini et al. 2025 (DOI: 10.1186/s12967-024-06048-z) in 'Journal of Translational Medicine'. This is one of 120 papers from this journal that I flagged in the last 4 weeks... pubpeer.com/publications...
December 13, 2025 at 5:31 AM
When BMC published this the first days of 2025 we should have known how the year will turn out: Namini et al. 2025 (DOI: 10.1186/s12967-024-06048-z) in 'Journal of Translational Medicine'. This is one of 120 papers from this journal that I flagged in the last 4 weeks... pubpeer.com/publications...
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Perhaps it’s not bizarre when there is so much corruption in science, helping with the collapse in trust 🔽
December 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Perhaps it’s not bizarre when there is so much corruption in science, helping with the collapse in trust 🔽
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This AI generated piece of crap published only roughly 3 weeks ago has already been retracted! As long as enough media pays attention to it, retractions can go fast.... Go figure! A lot still to be retracted by @springernature.com, for sure in Scientific Reports
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
December 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This AI generated piece of crap published only roughly 3 weeks ago has already been retracted! As long as enough media pays attention to it, retractions can go fast.... Go figure! A lot still to be retracted by @springernature.com, for sure in Scientific Reports
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
A major scandal is unfolding in #Norway. The government was advised to purchase protective #masks for 100 million NOK from the Norwegian company #Watchbird. They were intended for protection against tear gas and similar threats for the #Ukrainian military.
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/Ok...
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/Ok...
Anbefalte masker til 100 millioner: Testet den ikke selv i gassbu
– Det var et spørsmål om ressurser, sier forskningslederen som anbefalte maskene.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A major scandal is unfolding in #Norway. The government was advised to purchase protective #masks for 100 million NOK from the Norwegian company #Watchbird. They were intended for protection against tear gas and similar threats for the #Ukrainian military.
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/Ok...
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/Ok...
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Sterk sak fra VG. 3000 kr for buff som funker dårligere enn munnbind og personen i Forsvaret som anbefalte regjeringen å kjøpe dette er kompis med han som driver firmaet.
Masker for 100 millioner: «Nå får jeg ikke puste»
Masker for 100 millioner: «Nå får jeg ikke puste»
VG avslører: Maskene til 100 millioner
www.vg.no
December 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Sterk sak fra VG. 3000 kr for buff som funker dårligere enn munnbind og personen i Forsvaret som anbefalte regjeringen å kjøpe dette er kompis med han som driver firmaet.
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Another retraction for #papermill #fraud Arivalagan Pugazhendi! This fraud has published nothing but paper mill crap! Finally some journals are retracting his crap. He is on his way to the @retractionwatch.com leaderboard!
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Another retraction for #papermill #fraud Arivalagan Pugazhendi! This fraud has published nothing but paper mill crap! Finally some journals are retracting his crap. He is on his way to the @retractionwatch.com leaderboard!
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The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Abdelhabib Semlali and co-workers at #UniversitéLaval, Québec #Canada have published a large number of papers with questionable content.
#Research #misconduct #
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#Research #misconduct #
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September 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Abdelhabib Semlali and co-workers at #UniversitéLaval, Québec #Canada have published a large number of papers with questionable content.
#Research #misconduct #
pubpeer.com/search?q=sem...
#Research #misconduct #
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That fucking creep is back, thanks to Trump.
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September 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
That fucking creep is back, thanks to Trump.
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A CRO has been scamming academic and industry labs in the US with fraudulent data that has been published in Nature and other high impact journals. Leonid has written a great piece on my findings: forbetterscience.com/2025/09/22/i...
In Bad Company
“Authors thank the members of NeuroDigitech for their contribution to data generation, and all the animals that contributed to these studies.”
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September 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
A CRO has been scamming academic and industry labs in the US with fraudulent data that has been published in Nature and other high impact journals. Leonid has written a great piece on my findings: forbetterscience.com/2025/09/22/i...
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When I said that "People being shot is a price I am willing to pay for the freedom to shoot people", obviously I meant *other* people.
September 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
When I said that "People being shot is a price I am willing to pay for the freedom to shoot people", obviously I meant *other* people.