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Abstract Research on questionable research practices (QRPs) includes a growing body of work that questions whether they are as problematic as commonly assumed. This article provides a brief and selective review that considers some of this work. In particular, the review highlights work that questions the prevalence and impact of QRPs, including p -hacking, HARKing, and publication bias.

Last month I gave a talk on the HEIR compiler project at the FHE.org conference in Sofia, Bulgaria. The video is on YouTube now, and the slides are public. I plan to write more about HEIR in the coming months, because it’s been an exciting and fulfilling ride!

Now seems like a good time to talk about fascism. In this post, I use linguistic data to probe the deep origins of fascist thought. And I gaze at the rising tide of fascist sentiment in anglophone writing.

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How to catch a predator in the academic publisher quagmire. Dear esteemed Professor Waltho, I would like to take the privilege to invite you to contribute your research/discoveries to our overly open access journal. Simply email your manuscript as an attachment to below email... This is a typical opening from one of countless spam emails that flood the inboxes of scientists worldwide every day.

Although fraud and misconduct have always existed in research and scholarly communication, the rise of paper mills over the past decade has led to an unprecedented volume of fake or manipulated research being published. A 2022 report jointly published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the STM Association suggests that between 2 and 46% of submissions to journals in the time between 2019 and 2021 were produced by paper mills.

Last week, we hit “publish” on a major milestone for the U.S. biotechnology industry: the final report of the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB). Two years of work. Over 1,800 experts. 180+ pages. And now the real work begins.

It is a basic good of modern societies to have access to knowledge, information and culture. A new practical guide by Till Kreutzer provides support in choosing the right Creative Commons licence and sharing content in a legally secure manner. It was created in a cooperation with Wikimedia Germany and the German UNESCO Commission.

As promised, the folks at NEIU have posted the video of my discussion with Scott Dodelson last week, so here you go: I am in the midst of writing a related post on cosmic tensions, so hopefully I can post that soon as well.

This is the Fourth in a series exploring once-thriving Appalachian towns left behind by shifting energy markets and changing times. One of the most telling monuments to the evolution of education in Eastern Kentucky is the old M.C. Napier High School, perched by the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Hazard.

por Óscar Zárate A menudo la divulgación de la historia se confunde con simplificación sin más: una visión reducida y reduccionista, completamente masticada para consumo del público. El verdadero reto de esa noble labor es hacer digerible el conocimiento histórico sin sacrificar la complejidad propia de los asuntos humanos, en los que no existen las causas únicas ni los finales preestablecidos;