Human Brain Project: bureaucratic success despite scientific failure
The EU €1-Billion-Flagship Human Brain Project (HBP) has passed its midterm evaluation with flying colours. Noone knows exactly what theContinue Reading
By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
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Schneider Shorts 2.10.2026 – Greek papermiller and industry shill also worked for cocaine mafia, another papermill acquitted by Norwegian authorities, US biotech finds fraud, French entrepreneur on a losing streak, plus other retractions for trachea tranplanters, a trio of European professors, and a Commander of the British Empire.
Schneider Shorts 25.09.2026 – husband defends wife from a rabid StereoInvestigator, a Romanian in Stanford makes mice with human brains, Swiss scholars cure stroke, a Frenchman loses first his mentor then his paper while some Italian scholars lose even more papers.
Schneider Shorts 18.09.2026 – nobody is answering in Edinburgh and in Leeds, with a naughty professor in West Virginia, a retirement party in Paris, a lost paper in Strasbourg, some more retractions, and a sexual harasser who ran a Scottish university in Bahrain.
Schneider Shorts 11.09.2026 – a Spanish Catholic who saw the light, a US billionaire cured his daughter and saved science, a US businessman who talks too much, a Portuguese alcoholic is confirmed in his job, plus retractions for Epstein’s friend and other cheaters.
Schneider Shorts 4.09.2026 – corruption in British cardiology, two cheaters dead but many more remain at Italian university, a drunk pervert ork fails his German university, the mystery of a Japanese twink in California, and why retractions are unsuitable for attractive people.
Schneider Shorts 28.08.2026 – racism affair in Ghent explodes in all directions, a German university deals with a Nazi doctor, another German university has been rigging Wikipedia, retractions for scholars in Italy and USA, and finally, a new antibody kerfuffle uncovered.
Schneider Shorts 21.08.2026 – after the racists got their lynching, guess who joins the Jason Arday debate, one Spanish professor and one Canadian professor explain things, and two white men lose papers due to Chinese papermills.
Schneider Shorts 14.08.2026 – man let down by two young women in Australia, two bullying divas set up a lab in the Swiss Alps, Chinese papermill issues purity certificate to Portuguese customer, with a German lion of the world being hunted, an Iranian genius welcomed all over Europe, and finally, where Retraction Watch went wrong again.
Schneider Shorts 7.08.2026 – a tech bro cleans oceans, a climate expert suggests animal sacrifice, a creepy American crook still trying to cheat, Italian role models lose papers, Danish ecologist fails to cure cancer, and a Pole threatening punishment gets punished.
Schneider Shorts 31.07.2026 – trans children abused in Norway, a racist supported in Belgium, a mega-cheater rules English universities, a questionable female role model awarded in USA, with an ill-informed version of how Sage retractions happened, cures for cancer and autism, and finally, you’ll never believe the real reason why fruit and veg are good for you!