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What does a retracted paper mean?
I’ve been having a little Twitt discussion with Retraction Watch honcho @ivanoransky over a recent post in which they discuss whether a failure to replicate a result justifies a retraction. Now,… more →
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Is hypothesis-driven research the only type of research?
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wrote 1 year ago: A researcher at a talk I attended made the statement that hypothesis-driven research is the only val … more →
What does a retracted paper mean?
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wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been having a little Twitt discussion with Retraction Watch honcho @ivanoransky over a re … more →
Placing credit where it is due
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wrote 2 years ago: I’ve had a few interactions lately that have led to some pondering on the attribution of acade … more →
Another fascinating proposal on how to fix the NIH
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wrote 2 years ago: Really, first there was the diatribe of one D. Noonan that kept giving and giving and giving. And se … more →
St Kern's way is the American Way
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wrote 2 years ago: Some cancer researcher named Scott E. Kern, M.D. published one of those grouchfestos about how scien … more →
Science Enemies
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wrote 2 years ago: Dr. Becca has a hilarious story up over at LabSpaces. My history with Science Enemy goes back around … more →
Repost: An Honor Codes' Second Component and Research Science
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wrote 2 years ago: This post originally appeared at the old site Oct. 4, 2007. Many academic honor codes boil down to t … more →
Scooping and Inbreeding
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wrote 2 years ago: Go read The Scoop: Ideally, our scientist inbreeding would result in lots of people attacking differ … more →
Disgruntled NSF Investigators On the Internet!
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wrote 2 years ago: Wheee! Prof-like Substance has found a new forum: Funding for science is tight right now. No one kno … more →
One narrow little viewpoint on academic library function
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wrote 3 years ago: Scibling and library dude John Dupuis has a post up on: The inherent insularity of library culture? … more →
Nature poll on career advancement and article metrics
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wrote 3 years ago: A tweet from @NatureNews alerts to a poll they are running. Is your career advancement tied to artic … more →
Did every freaking scientist in the world get that Frontiers spam?
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wrote 3 years ago: Apparently every scientist I know got this spam yesterday: Dear Joachim Schachtner Considering your … more →
Scientific Research 101: Results!
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wrote 3 years ago: So you’ve just completed your last assays on physioprofitin signaling in the Namnezian complex … more →
Who stole the curiosity?
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wrote 4 years ago: I am just finishing the second of a duo of fantastic books about science and scientists. The first o … more →
Socialism in science - Part 3 - the Utopian system of post-publication peer review
wrote 4 years ago: I am having a blast! So this is what it feels like when you sell your soul. Dr. Lootzeepfehr (a Germ … more →
Way to go ORI!!!
wrote 4 years ago: A while ago I commented on the highly publicized case of scientific misconduct committed by Dr. Luk … more →
Primum non nocere!
wrote 4 years ago: The Web is rife with news stories regarding a paper just published in PLOS Medicine about a benign t … more →
In defense of the fishing expedition
wrote 4 years ago: When coming back from a conference recently, I had an interesting conversation with my PI about gran … more →
I am a Mac, and... wait, where did the PC go???
wrote 4 years ago: Recently I have been wondering about the Mac in science phenomenon. I go to conferences and local ta … more →
