But diplomacy, but elections! – Thoughts on russia’s war on Ukraine
Once again, two dictators prepare to divide Europe.
By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
Once again, two dictators prepare to divide Europe.
Schneider Shorts 8.11.2024 – German scholars save children from cancer, a German professor separates fraud from mistakes, Pakistani scholar saves millions in England, with a Belgian research fraud investigator, American senolytics, academic kakistokracy in Poland, silly drawings passed off as spectra, and finally, on Trump and fascist America.
This is my review of the new book by the historian Timothy Snyder, “On Freedom”.
This war should have ended long ago, if only Ukraine received enough support. But the fascists in our midst are winning. We must fight fascism at home.
Schneider Shorts of 23.02.2024 – MDPI’s war on Ukraine, naughty Italian editor at Elsevier, Frontiers shocked by cartoon penis, with an attention-seeking Nobelist, a half-investigation in Bochum, Finnish thief and abuser in Denmark, and a fake lizard finally exposed.
Schneider Shorts 19.01.2024 – a guest Short by Robert Cockburn, Belgian research ethics, Joe gives Joe a million, a million and a quarter to find the leak, papermillers big and small, and finally, with COPE retractions guidelines biting back.
Does the anti-colonial left really care about Palestinians? Or do they just dislike Jews?
Schneider Shorts 16.06.2023 – an evaluation in Strasbourg finds a flyer, trash science from Rome, trash science from Harvard, cures for Long COVID and old age, with a baroque art sale, Latvian cooking recipes, informative Frontiers retractions, and finally, the mystery of who blew up the dam.
Schneider Shorts of 31.03.2023 – Unexpected retraction for Italian trachea transplant surgeon, first retraction to US cancer bigwig and lady friend, retraction of retraction for Georgia State papermiller, helping Iranian peers from Germany, a Canadian whistleblower’s relentless fight, with rascist academic elites, Germany’s Nazi expert, and finally, advice from a child prodigy on how to work hard and learn a lot!
Schneider Shorts 10.03.2023 – two science bigwigs caught with unaffected conclusions, return of superconductive fraud in Nature, other examples of who’s trustworthy and who isn’t, what Stanford president knew, some retractions, MDPI fighting papermills, a German journal can’t stop papermilling, and finally, who blew up Nord Stream pipelines?




