The minor infractions by Diana and Fathey
“your remarks exceed the bounds of acceptable professional conduct, and we hereby request that you cease such conduct immediately.”- Université du Québec à Montréal
Tag: Elisabeth Bik
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
Schneider Shorts 18.07.2025 – Invisible to the naked eye
Schneider Shorts of 18.07.2025 – an unusual Nobel lecture held in Lindau, an exclusive conference announced in Prague, with Aarhus papermiller”s first retraction, Bologna scholars defended from false allegations, corrections for some lucky people, and finally, with an imperfect Editor-in Chief.
Schneider Shorts 25.04.2025 – I applaud what you have done for better science
Schneider Shorts 25.04.2025 – a Canadian gynaecologist examines himself, a perpetrator trolls a Science Guardian, with Italian retractions, special rules for special people, and finally, do coffee and chocolate belong in the lab?
FAIRS: Frustrating Attempts at Integrity Reform in Science
“yes, let’s clean up the literature, but I think it is immensely more important to catch the “big fish”” – Csaba Szabo
Wafik El Deiry, the anti-qualified Science Guardian
Both Harvey Risch and Wafik El Deiry are perfectly anti-qualified candidates to lead the National Cancer Institute.
Fake-O-Meat by Ali Khademhosseini
Ali Khademhosseini is the greatest American researcher in regenerative medicine. His mentees are all professors themselves now. In his own Californian institute, he grows not only all possible organs, but even hamburgers!
Cerebrolysin: Sharmas, Masliah, and EVER Pharma
“Poking around PubMed (Dysdera the spider is always on the hunt for new hornet’s nests) [..], I came across one image in two papers by Eliezer Masliah. […] By a conservative count, I contributed to about 160 out of 300 slides in the final dossier” – Mu Yang
Thomas Südhof and AI-powered weapons of micro-duplication
Thomas Südhof, victim of racist and sexist persecution, announced to retract a second paper, “even though the quantitative analyses and conclusions are correct”.
Schneider Shorts 26.07.2024 – A catharsis for science in Porto
Schneider Shorts 26.07.2024 – a sleuth conference in Porto, one cat’s week of fame, retractions for various famous luminaries in UK, USA and Switzerland, and finally, a Jesus miracle of turning old mice into supermodels.
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