By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
“it seems the AI used for an anonymous commenter is not able to read the article and randomly comments on the article. […] Sometimes, we feel that some random person commenting on the article may not have the insight or technical expertise to evaluate the article. It seems your AI model used to write such comments is not fully operational and is making mistakes” – a scholar opines on Smut Clyde
Schneider Shorts 30.10.2026 – walls are closing in on world’s biggest fraudster – with lawsuits and thesis investigations, a de-extinction patrol is on the roll, why a doctor can never have enough papers, and how whitewashing for fraud failed to prevent suspension for bullying.
Schneider Shorts 23.10.2026 – a steaming turd wins defamation lawsuit, a mass resignation in Ulm, an AI tool from Harvard to predict your death, a Norwegian expert in AI ethics, with misinformed cell lines, a corrected retraction, and finally, with demented dementia research in Portugal.
Schneider Shorts 16.10.2026 – American fraudsters welcomed in Germany and in Italy, Portuguese scholars access the citation market, with a Polish rector awarded for his first retraction, and two MIT geniuses curing lymphoma with nanoparticles.
Schneider Shorts of 9.10.2026 – EU Commission invests €10 Million into Portuguese fraud, a French masterclass in replying on PubPeer, retractions for UCL professors retained and sacked, plus American quality science and amazing discoveries in Alzheimer’s!
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.
