Set the Controls for the Heart of the Earth
“Herndon’s alternative geoscience is not winning many converts, […] he features here at For Better Science mainly so that when RFK Jr appoints him to the Chemtrail Task Force” – Smut Clyde
By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
“It would be wrong to lock the proponents of ‘Longevity and Rejuvenation through DDW!’ in a room with their ‘Longevity and Rejuvenation through Heavy Water!’ counterparts, for a cage fight.” – Smut Clyde
Schneider Shorts 29.052026 – German universities struggle with papermill prodigies, a Polish rector removed for sexual harassment, American antivax papers removed, Serbian Lieutenant Colonel fights retractions, confusing PubPeer moderation, and finally, how to cure Parkinson’s with graphene and cranberries.
Schneider Shorts 22.95.2026 – an obituary for great Italian cancer researcher, Thermo Fisher being Unscientific, Polish patriots fight russian agents, a Thai papermiller reinvents himself, with corrections and concerns, with Korean magnetism in genetics, and finally, beware of Colossal eggs hatching!
Schneider Shorts 15.05.2026 – Switzerland shocked to learn the whistleblower was right, German newspaper restores sex abuse story one quack sued against, a German champion of publication ethics corrects his paper, don’t mess with Texas science (coffee included!), and finally, how almost everyone fell for a fake gold medal from a fake institute.
Schneider Shorts 8.05.2026 – from anti-aging obituary in USA to anti-aging rage in russia, a whistleblower achieves a retraction, a society journal gives up, a pharma company burns $4 billion, AI slop at highest level, and finally, does researching alcohol lead to double vision?
Schneider Shorts 1.05.2026 – important men reveal their conflicts, IEEE overrun by Indian papermills, obscure cheating in France, Italian scholars lose papers, an Elsevier editor needs recognition, and finally, how pig sperm cures blindness!
Schneider Shorts 24.04.2026 – Sweden special with two misconduct findings and proof there’s a life after those, an Italian gynecologist who keeps losing papers, with Nature’s failed investigation and a stem cell nasal spray from Texas to cure everything!
Schneider Shorts 17.04.2026 – an anti-aging clinical trial with bonus eye-cancer, a papermiller turns to full-time mushrooming, an artist-scientist educates a youngster, German and Canadian cancer researchers unconcerned, retractions in Italy and Poland, Springer Nature changes history, and finally, a shrimp virus turns people blind!
Schneider Shorts 10.04.2026 – a cheater psychologist sacked in The Netherlands, Italian boys investigated themselves, with an Indian secret to a Polish career, Portuguese anti-aging, retractions in Brazil and Turkey, and with Texas Gibbons!
Schneider Shorts 3.04.2026 – a sexual harasser sacked in Singapore, BMJ completes a rescue mission, how to honour dead friends, with bad liver research in New York, , a victim of ghosting, unaffected conclusions despite irreproducible results, and finally, you won’t believe that AI slop in Elsevier.
Schneider Shorts 27.03.2026 – degenerative medicine special with London crooks and Californian lunatics, with retractions for mouse torture, concerns for one man’s cancer business, and a Texan Nobelist and his bullying wife.