Getting rid of harmful papers is a vital step toward reestablishing readers' trust. Next, publishers should…
Author: Adam Marcus, Ivan Oransky
Tech Firms Hire ‘Red Teams.’ Scientists Should, Too
Another botched peer review—this one involving a controversial study of police killings—shows how devil's advocates could…
Just How Historic Is the Latest Covid-19 Science Meltdown?
Don't blame last week's journal retractions on the scary pace of the pandemic. "Once-in-a-lifetime” scandals like…
The Science of This Pandemic Is Moving at Dangerous Speeds
Much of the research that emerges in the coming weeks will turn out to be unreliable,…