Princes of Persia
A fairy tale story about three Persian scientists in America, and their retractions: Ali Khademhosseini Esmaiel Jabbari and Danial Barati.
Tag: United States
Florida couple hits Gulf War Mice on the head with hammer, posts on internet
“Bob Roskamp, a Sarasota entrepreneur and philanthropist, was getting his biggest kick Thursday from his $5-million gamble on a team of driven University of South Florida researchers who believe they can find the world’s first treatment for Alzheimer’s.”
Work hard and play hard like Marcelo Kazanietz
“Mariana will tell your wife things that she does not want to hear. Believe when I tell you that it is not a good idea to play games with Mariana. […] you will have to pay the consequences for your stupid decisions” – Professor Kazanietz, to a lab member
Do bacteria grow old as we do?
“Once again I am left wondering what to make of these research teams that cheerfully go on generating impossible results, either they don’t write the methods truthfully or they don’t write the results truthfully and neither one is better than the other.” – Sholto David
Mind over Antibody
“I considered whether I should email Abcam and ask them to change the name of the ab51243 antibody on their website to reduce confusion, but […] I will instead continue to watch the carnage, perhaps it has only just started!” – Sholto David
The Kingdom of Rui Reis
“I think this story shows the debacle and corruption of entire research fields that become just a very expensive show of bad science-fiction. ” – Carabus Maleki
How to deuter your cat
“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
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
Hirota’s Hypoxic Fraud sanctioned in Japan
Kiichi Hirota has been found guilty of research fraud in Japan. He was previously involved in Gregg Semenza’s Nobel Prize discovery of HIF gene. Semenza has 15 retractions, and the work of his Nobel co-recipients isn’t entirely kosher either.
The Trivedi Effect
“Mahendrakumar Trivedi does not need a Potion to make you fatter and more delicious; his psychic emanations are enough.”- Smut Clyde
