Wagner Ring Festival in Vienna
Erwin Wagner is not related to the famous German composer but we shall enjoy the Ring Festival with him and his friends anyway.
Tag: cancer research
Scientific Reports 2025: A Year in Review
“In this blog I write about papers published by Scientific Reports in 2025, so we could consider it to be a sort of “wrap-up” of highlights and special achievements in the world’s biggest scientific journal™ in 2025.” – Sholto David
The Lies of Mice
“The closer I looked, the worse it was. Not just because it’s sad to think too much about the poor lives of a laboratory mouse, but also because the researchers who used these mice didn’t have the decency to be truthful about their poor lives. ” – Viola Sheltonii
Professor Grune’s diet of dodgy blots
As German TV asks Tilman Grune what he will eat in the future, I have other questions for him.
La Banda di Ando
Germans are traditionally fascinated with Italy. Like Goethe before him, Fabian Wittmers is no exception, so please enjoy our tripContinue Reading
Why science fraud is not a crime
“Science is an activity based on uncertainty. […] Methodological errors […] cannot be treated as crimes. The risk is criminalizing scientific practice itself, inhibiting innovation and creativity.” – Helena B. Nader, President
Would you in Lodz?
“Forgeries of this calibre make me think anything ever published by Sliwinski, Skorski and their associates is made up. In an ideal world, hundreds of articles by these people showing just tables and graphs should get retracted ” – Aneurus Inconstans
A global leader in neurology and neuroscience
As Australia’s top neuroscientist Matthew Kiernan sacks people, questions arise: are his drawings still science or already art?
Fraud by Thousand Needles
” I can’t even begin to imagine the psychological damage of joining a lab as a new postgrad student and having people like Ryan F. Donelly as your supervisor and Andi as the postdoc, it must be heartbreaking. ” – Sholto David
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
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