UnEDXpected Peaks - New and fascinating data explorations from @elisabethbik.bsky.social scienceintegritydigest.com/2026/02/09/u...

Thanks to the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing @sciencewriting.bsky.social for hosting me for a webinar on investigative reporting on science, with the great @lizagross.bsky.social Here's the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvxz...

Court challenge could chill reporting of research fraud, say whistleblower attorneys retractionwatch.com/2026/02/11/f...

Controversial Danish vaccine research group faces new allegations | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Inside the quest to make a safer football helmet | Science | - great pre-Superbowl examination by Adrian Cho - AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Thanks so much to Cassandra Quave for a great conversation on her podcast Foodie Pharmacology about my book “Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s” – now also out in paperback. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVpf...

Thanks to John R Miles for a great conversation about my book "Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer's" on his podcast Passion Struck passionstruck.com/charles-pill...

New review of my book, "Doctored," which was just released in paperback, from a publication of the University of Toronto www.immpressmagazine.com/doctored-202...

To hear some of the reporting details and conclusions of my book, "Doctored," about misconduct in Alzheimer's research, please check out my new interview with Melanie Avalon. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...

Science journalists: Please join me in conversation with @lizagross.bsky.social on Jan 29 about deep dives into scientific research -- come with questions and ideas to share. Sponsored by @sciencewriting.bsky.social

Nice piece in @science.org by @charlespiller.bsky.social on clinical trial firms: www.science.org/content/arti... (Warning—quotes me) Even gives me the last sentence: "Greely says..'Will you ever know [if trial results are being doctored]? Certainly not if you never look.'”

Excited that a box of the paperback edition of my book, “Doctored” just arrived. On sale everywhere on Jan 13. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Doctor...

🧪 EXCLUSIVE 🧪 from @science.org: Scientists have swabbed a 500-year-old drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci—and may have found a piece of his DNA. www.science.org/content/arti... Yes, really. A quick thread:

My latest story: Alzheimer’s drug developers accuse clinical trial sites of faking data | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Another Masliah retraction. pubpeer.com/publications... cc: @mumumouse2.bsky.social @elisabethbik.bsky.social @charlespiller.bsky.social and Matthew Schrag.

2025: In which Retraction Watch turned 15, and The Center For Scientific Integrity really became a center retractionwatch.com/2025/12/30/c...

Opinion | Reflecting on yet another year of scientific fraud at the University of Minnesota via @carlelliott.bsky.social "Deny wrongdoing, stonewall reporters, punish dissenters and wait for it all to blow over." www.startribune.com/umn-professo...

My book “Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s” www.simonandschuster.com/books/Doctor... picked by NY Post among best of 2025. Paperback out 1/13. I’m honored to be among the illustrious authors on their list. nypost.com/2025/12/27/e...

Another Lesné paper retracted 4 years after I first flagged some concerns. Thanks to all who helped on this project: @elisabethbik.bsky.social @mumumouse2.bsky.social @charlespiller.bsky.social, Matthew Schrag, and other anons. pubpeer.com/publications...

The Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker now has 400 entries retractionwatch.com/2025/12/26/r...

My book "Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer's" www.simonandschuster.com/books/Doctor... tops @thetransmitter.bsky.social most-read excerpt list for 2025. www.thetransmitter.org/books/the-tr...

Finally! Another key paper by Sylvain Lesné re purported key Alzheimer’s-related protein amyloid-beta *56 is retracted. Validates findings by @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social @elisabethbik.bsky.social Matthew Schrag et al www.science.org/doi/full/10.... my original story: www.science.org/content/arti...

In a disturbing, chilling move, U.S. senator asks Science (including Science journalists) to provide its coronavirus manuscripts, emails | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

ORI has released just two misconduct findings this year - Shocking but not surprising. via @katetravis.bsky.social retractionwatch.com/2025/12/18/o...

Illuminating reporting and analysis in @science.org breakthrough of the year package. Don't miss the photo essay. www.science.org/content/arti...

Misconduct sleuth wins $2.63 million from major cancer institute in $15 million settlement | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

It was a honor to offer thoughts on how to report on scientific misconduct in an era of attacks on science, with the illustrious @martinenserink.bsky.social and lonnibesancon.bsky.social at World Conference on Science Journalism in Pretoria. Video of panel at 1:02. www.wcsj.online/copy-of-diam...

Like a literary character, the man whose name winks at medicine writes authoritatively about the pitfalls of research that endanger patients. Highly recommend "Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer's" by @charlespiller.bsky.social to all health and science reporters.

“If I’m not getting attacked…I would have felt I failed.” @charlespiller.bsky.social at #WCSJ25 on how his work exposing fraud in Alzheimer’s research was attacked and called misinformation and how he responded. “Ignoring scientific misconduct invites public distrust.”

The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic | Science | AAAS by the authoritative @cohenjon.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

AI unreliable in identifying retracted research papers, says study retractionwatch.com/2025/11/19/a...

Are the Deals to Save Research Funding Good for Research? - via @stephaniemlee.bsky.social www.chronicle.com/article/are-...

I'm excited to report that the Financial Times has named my book "Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to to Cure Alzheimer's" as one of the best books of 2025. www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa...

This is pretty astounding. Computing society pulls works for ‘citation falsification’ months after sleuth is convicted of defamation retractionwatch.com/2025/11/17/a...

Illuminating analysis of Forced Ketamine Studies, Excited Delirium, and Police Violence by @carlelliott.bsky.social and Lauren Wilson onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Competition @kaggle.com: Scientific Image Forgery Detection Who can develop the best model to detect copy/move forgeries in biomedical images? #ImageForensics www.kaggle.com/competitions...

Letters to scientific journals surge as ‘prolific debutante’ authors likely use AI | Science | AAAS - fascinating report by @jeffreybrainard.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

Thanks to @fredchedin.bsky.social, Dean Mark Winey, and the UC Davis College of Biological Sciences for inviting me to give the Storer Lecture on Oct 23: “Misconduct in Neuroscience Research: Problems and Solutions.” The video is now available www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCPM...

Replacing Public Doubt with Public Confidence: Experiments in Building Trust at Science, via @meagan-g-phelan.bsky.social scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/23/g...

We've added three FREE ##SciWri25 Lunch and Learns: ▶️Medical science reporting, w/ Cohn Prize winners @charlespiller.bsky.social & Marilynn Marchione ▶️Funding science journalism at scale ▶️Technological progress & research Registration is required and spots are limited. Sign up by noon ET Monday!

Exclusive from @retractionwatch.com : Journal to retract Alzheimer's study after investigation finds misconduct -- follows findings by @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social retractionwatch.com/2025/10/20/e...

How an FDA cleared “brain protection” device built on shaky science made it to the NFL - fascinating deep dive by @jsmoliga.bsky.social @mumumouse2.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/391/...

On an Arctic archipelago, frozen soil may preserve a hidden history of viruses | Science | AAAS - fascinating journey via @kakape.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

As his fraud trial looms, Alzheimer’s scientist exonerated by his university—sort of - CUNY's puzzling analysis of a collaborator of Cassava Sciences www.science.org/content/arti...

Northern Californians: I’ll be giving the Storer Lecture at UC Davis on Oct. 23, at 4pm. It will cover my investigative findings in Science and my in book “Doctored” about Alzheimer’s research misconduct. I’d be delighted to see you in person or via zoom. biology.ucdavis.edu/events/store...

Compelling look at private equity and IRBs - the panels that approve and oversee human testing of drugs www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/h...

I’m deeply honored to have been named as the recipient of the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting from the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing. It recognizes my work on scientific integrity for Science Magazine over the last five years. 1/7 tinyurl.com/zz54fzyr

Whose papers have an edge at Science? In unusual study, journal looks in the mirror | Science | AAAS via @jeffreybrainard.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

Scientific fraud and research misconduct are not only the result of personal ambition but also of endemic and systemic causes: See my review of @charlespiller.bsky.social “Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s.” www.researchgate.net/publication/... 🧪 #AcademicSky

Exclusive: Publisher investigating DNA contamination paper that authors say CDC vaccine committee will consider - re amazing detective work by @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social retractionwatch.com/2025/09/18/c...