In Bad Company
“Authors thank the members of NeuroDigitech for their contribution to data generation, and all the animals that contributed to these studies.”
Author: Leonid Schneider
Independent Science Journalist and Cartoonist.
Formerly molecular cell biologist. My academic CV at: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6204-9470
Schneider Shorts 19.09.2025 – Diversity, gender and equity issues
Schneider Shorts 19.09.2025 – Schneider reported to German police, authorship disputes resolved in Switzerland, honesty researcher sued for double-fraud, a Romanian honoured by learned society, with a German in russia, post-mortem retractions, Brazilian brain damage, and finally, did you ever hear of bacterial mitochondria?
Schneider Shorts 12.09.2025 – For artistic and illustration purposes only
Schneider Shorts 12.09.2025 – obituary for the great protector of women in science, concerns for another woman in science (also at MIT), first retraction to break the ice in Germany, with a Swedish papermiller, some cancer researchers in the UK, and finally, with a brainlessly shameful correction.
The London Eye
How Robin Ali and other London ophthalmologists make blind mice and blind children see.
Schneider Shorts 5.09.2025 – To prevent such errors in the future
Schneider Shorts 5.09.2025 – An Englishman fell of his Chair, German doctors present with fake data, with Stanford’s research integrity heroes, one papermiller sacked in Australia, another awarded in Canada, how Wiley and Elsevier fight papermill fraud, and how ACS helps you lose weight.
Stebbing and the Necromaniac Sisters
“If we can target necrosis, we could unlock entirely new ways to treat conditions ranging from kidney failure to cardiac disease, neurodegeneration, and even aging itself.” – Dr Carina Kern, a genius
Schneider Shorts 29.08.2025 – Little Britain
Schneider Shorts 29.08.2025 – Little Britain special with an old crab in China, Glasgow maffia, a greedy dame, perks under the holly, and a citations improvement regime, plus peculiar corrections, and the health benefits of red meat and red light.
Schneider Shorts 22.08.2025 – Unbeatable sagacity and a strange form of love
Schneider Shorts 22.08.2025 – an obituary for an Italian haematologist, a Spanish guru returns from Bhutan, concerns for Italian cardiologist in Bristol, with an Irish mystery, a setback for Germany’s Weltlöwe, retractions issued and rescinded, failed alchemy, and finally, with Church on Friday, again!
How Vilhelm Bohr disappointed his Grandpa
Will Vilhelm win a Nobel Prize of his own? And for what?
Schneider Shorts 15.08.2025 – Leaks, unauthorized access, and unforeseen breaches
Schneider Shorts 15.08.2025 – how to cite only good sources, two Californian professors and one Canadian victimised by time-warp conspiracies, with a Nature Exclusive, Cell Press refusing retraction, a German professor papermilling, and Manhattan Project of Eugenics!
For Better Science 