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Don't look now but: Scientific fraud has become an ‘industry,’ alarming analysis finds. Brought to you by @science.org 's excellent @cathleenogrady.bsky.social | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Thousands of Danes have just found out that their genetic data has been used in research for more than a decade, without their consent. Great reporting from @inampudi.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

Are you a journalist writing about a current heatwave? The images you choose are critical to the story. The @climateoutreach.bsky.social team have shown some ideas here which help stress the risks rather than the typical ice creams: www.climatevisuals.org/how-do-you-p...

In the early 2010s, critics started pointing out that much of the psychology literature was unreliable. Now, a statistical analysis suggests the field is improving, @cathleenogrady.bsky.social reports. www.science.org/content/arti...

Good summary (imo) by @cathleenogrady.bsky.social, and useful quotes from thoughtful people like @peteetchells.bsky.social and @dingdingpeng.the100.ci and others.

Last week, a preprint reporting expert consensus on smartphones and teen mental health sparked a kerfuffle. Critics are saying the evidence in the field is too thin to support consensus, and that the findings of the paper have been communicated badly: www.science.org/content/arti...

A massive health dataset has spawned a wealth of cookie-cutter "research Mad Libs" papers that don't tell us anything useful, but flood the literature with noise. Possibly AI-generated, possibly paper mill origin. www.science.org/content/arti...

“The lived experience of a scientist right now is terrifying” My colleague Warren Cornwall spoke to @gregggonsalves.bsky.social, @rebekahtromble.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social and others about “the fear and self-censorship coursing through the nation’s scientific establishment today”. 🧪

Smart and important story from @rebekahwhite.bsky.social. Some geoengineering experiments have brought nearby communities on board; others have failed to get support. What should scientists do to genuinely engage with people about their concerns? www.science.org/content/arti...

This is awesome: "As we incorporated [ASL vocab] into the course, we found that students who relied solely on an interpreter started to outperform hearing students ... Deaf students also began to seek out research opportunities more often than they did previously." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Could Trump trigger a brain drain from the United States? Many institutes overseas say they would welcome researchers who want to leave the country. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @cofford.bsky.social)

I couldn't do what I do w/out the generosity of scientists, many of whom have taken calls while on vacation, while ill, or while dealing with personal tragedies. They communicate complex ideas, oftentimes in a second language. They have made me laugh, cry, and buckle beneath the wonder of it all. 🧪

Language is the social&cognitive air that humans breathe. It underlies our thinking, connection, education. So what happens when, as a young child, you don't get access to it? Implants can help deaf kids hear – but that's not always enough to give them language 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

This is the article of my dreams. Finally, finally delving into the ways in which cochlear implants can fail deaf kids, and the importance of early sign language - all upside, no downside. Amazing work, @cathleenogrady.bsky.social !

Language is the social&cognitive air that humans breathe. It underlies our thinking, connection, education. So what happens when, as a young child, you don't get access to it? Implants can help deaf kids hear – but that's not always enough to give them language 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

Scoop from @kakape.bsky.social: The U.S. Department of Defense has terminated dozens of grants for social scientists studying terrorism, drug trafficking, misinformation, and other threats. www.science.org/content/arti...

Great thread from @jbakcoleman.bsky.social on my story about ecologists reaching different conclusions from the same data. Should we be worried? Maybe about analytical ability – but maybe not so much about science's ability to reach a clear answer. 🧪

Give a group of scientists the same data and the same research question, and they should come up with similar answers—in theory. But they don’t. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @cathleenogrady.bsky.social)

"These kinds of shocks are going to lead to a mass exodus … for minorities in particular.” For my latest @science.org story, I spoke with early career researchers who have been affected by the federal upheaval and are concerned about what it means for their future. www.science.org/content/arti...

Hilarious, if it weren't so troubling: Paper mills sell intellectual property rights for weird inventions to scientists - including shoes with "a camera and USB ports around the sole." www.science.org/content/arti... by @cathleenogrady.bsky.social

One of the wackier stories I've reported in a while. Shady outfits are selling slots on UK "patents" to academics – only they aren't patents, they're just cribbed pictures of crazy, meaningless designs:

You've heard of paper mills - but what about patent mills? @cathleenogrady.bsky.social reports on a new type of academic fraud. www.science.org/content/arti...

Are you a CDC scientist affected by the order to pull back submitted papers containing terms including the following? Find me today on Signal. Time-sensitive. Confidentiality promised.

What do editors do? Well, out of the 500 plus features @hakaimagazine.com published over 10 years, almost 1/5 were ideas I developed. Among many other duties, editors develop stories. And those were just the features—I also contributed ideas for news stories and visual stories.

This image from a Science article is so good. Text: @cathleenogrady.bsky.social Illustration: Sara Gironi Carnevale - www.saragironicarnevale.com www.science.org/content/arti...

Hundreds of scientists have urged the UK government to reconsider a new funding scheme for biomedical research, warning that the changes will lead to the closure of distinguished research units that have been around for decades. @cathleenogrady.bsky.social reports www.science.org/content/arti...

Scientists are protesting a move from the UK Medical Research Council that could spell the end of historic research units focusing on areas of strategic national importance, such as epidemiology, toxicology, and virology: www.science.org/content/arti...

It took four days from submission to publication, and nearly five years from publication to retraction. After campaigning by many, many scientists, and an investigation by Elsevier, an infamous paper on hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment has been retracted. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

Science Magazine is now posting on Bluesky @science.org! We’re kicking things off with this beautiful News Feature on the global food trade. Give us a follow here if you haven’t already, and stay tuned as we share more research, commentary, news, and visuals from the Science family of journals.

Back at work after a month of parental leave - this place has really taken off! I'm part of the news team at @science.org, looking after our European coverage. There's a bunch of us here now: bsky.app/starter-pack...

They're called "Blue Zones" - a few places on Earth where people lead such healthy lives that they live very, very long. But what if it's all based on shaky statistics? @ignacioamigoh.bsky.social explores. www.science.org/content/arti...

That doc that was gaga for hydroxychloroquine for covid is sketchy as hell, no surprise. bsky.app/profile/cath... 🧪 🩺

Remember Didier Raoult, the French microbiologist who set off the hydroxychloroquine craze? If you haven't been following, you might have missed that critics have pointed to ethical failings in hundreds of his papers – "ethical failings" meaning no or inadequate ethical approval.

This very same locker has been sold 3 times in the carbon permit market to three different agents, simultaneously.

This is *incredible* news about the wonderful, irreplaceable @hakaimagazine.com

Whenever I read about some interesting science I know little about, I go and check out what my great colleagues at Science have written about it. Thought you might want to be able to do that too, so I'm collecting the bsky accounts of Science’s news department here 🧪 go.bsky.app/DMRTWEF

Following on from my intro thread yesterday, here are some more recent stories: The Declaration of Helsinki is the text that underpins medical ethics everywhere, and it just got a huge update: www.science.org/content/arti...

This is my amazing colleague Cathleen and you should all be following her if you’re interested in great science journalism!

OK...since we've got the new threadinator feature, here's some of my recent tips to get the most out of Bluesky..in no particular order

👋 I've been lurking for a while, but finally joining the Bluesky migration in earnest. So, a little introductory thread! I'm a freelance science journalist writing mainly for the news department at Science, where I cover a pretty broad spectrum of science & society stories.