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The number of scientific papers is growing so rapidly that scientists are no longer able to keep track of all of them, even ...

Scientific fraud is becoming a larger issue. Thousands of fake scientific papers have flooded journals and have subsequently had to be retracted. Much of this is the work of paper mills, which submit ...

Meet Sholto David, whose error-spotting has raised a question: If researchers aren’t getting the little things right, what else might be wrong? By Matt Richtel Sholto David, 32, has a Ph.D. in ...

In a major editorial decision, the journal Science has officially retracted a famous and fiercely debated 2011 paper that proposed the existence of an “arsenic-based” life-form. The original study ...

George R.R. Martin recently made the news because he co-wrote a scientific paper. While it’s rare for someone from the arts to get their name on a research paper, it’s not unheard of. Several familiar ...