Editors express concern over dating of soil samples ¡®not associated with manmade features¡¯, but authors attack ¡®unjust retraction of groundbreaking research¡¯
With Claudine Gay accepting debatable instances of plagiarism as final straw, faculty see odds getting hopeless for countering unified political and economic power
Whatever the rights and wrongs of the Claudine Gay case, proper referencing should be insisted on to encourage critical, original thinking, says Ian Pace
Biden officials call for publicising details of bad science allegations brought to the government, raising institutional warnings of privacy and legal violations
University investigates Berislav Zlokovic after his lab members describe image and notebook manipulation, and warn of danger to stroke patients from resulting medical trial
Journalists and scientist bloggers poke and point to dodgy bits of literature using limited resources. Is there a better way to support them, and defend them against multimillion-dollar lawsuits?
Independent regulator would overcome entrenched conflicts of interest and remove ¡®barriers¡¯ for whistleblowers, according to former corruption commissioner
September will see thousands of thesis defenders invited to swear oath to scientific ethics and integrity, but many remain sceptical of ritual¡¯s value
Academics granted unique access to ¡®black box of algorithms¡¯ to explore social media¡¯s influence on 2020 presidential election, but many question if ¡®independence by permission¡¯ model can endure
While Marc Tessier-Lavigne has fallen on his sword, the circumstances of his departure point to much deeper problems with scholarly norms and incentives
Johns Hopkins professor confronted with repeated instances of image manipulation, though Harvard peer sees no implications for discoveries behind 2019 honour
Leading US public institution found by news investigation to still hold bones of 9,000 people, most in nation, more than three decades after federal ban
Accusations of plagiarism regarding a sacred medieval book have led to an extraordinary dispute involving online threats and allegations that staff and offices were invented
Plos puts warnings on almost 50 papers after alleged reuse of ethical approvals, undeclared conflicts of interest and publication rates equivalent to an article every three days
Outside experts see potential problems in decades-old papers where Tessier-Lavigne served as a co-author, although any potential responsibility seems far from clear