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Scientific fraud has become an ‘industry,’ analysis finds  Hacker News Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds  The New York Times Fighting coordinated publication fraud is like ‘emptying an overflowing bathtub with a spoon,’ study coauthor says  Retraction Watch Uncovering the fraudsters and their schemes responsible for polluting the scientific literature  Chemistry World ‘Defect to win’: science is set to be overwhelmed by …

Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds  The New York Times Scientific Journals Can’t Keep Up With the Flood of Fake Papers From Paper Mills – WSJ  The Wall Street Journal Criminal gangs fake science papers for money  The Telegraph Fighting coordinated publication fraud is like ‘emptying an overflowing bathtub with a spoon,’ study coauthor says  Retraction Watch Organized scientific fraud is growing …

IN A NUTSHELL 🌌 3I/ATLAS, a newly discovered interstellar object, is traversing our solar system, sparking scientific curiosity. 🧬 Its origins are speculated to be from the thick disk of our galaxy, suggesting it may be an ancient relic over eight billion years old. 🔍 Estimated to be 0.6 to 1.2 miles in diameter, its size aligns with previous interstellar …

The hardest math in science has long been a bottleneck, delaying discoveries across physics, chemistry, and climate. But that’s starting to change, as AI slashes equation-solving times from years to minutes. Researchers who once waited a decade for enough computing power or clever tricks to tame complex formulas are now solving them in an afternoon. That leap is …

EPA looks to overturn the scientific reason for climate regulations  Axios EPA chief Zeldin delivers dagger to the heart of Obama’s climate change agenda on ‘Ruthless’ podcast  Fox News Trump’s EPA now says greenhouse gases don’t endanger people  NPR EPA Set to Unravel US Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gases  Bloomberg.com Trump’s EPA embraces climate denial as it works to upend regulations  The Hill Source link

Galactic Horror Unleashed: The Star-Devouring Phenomenon That’s Splitting the Scientific Community and Defying Every Known Law  Rude Baguette Source link

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Our first meeting was a bit awkward. One of us is an archaeologist who studies how past peoples interacted with their environments. Two of us are geophysicists who investigate interactions between solar activity and Earth’s magnetic field. When we first …

It was, at first glance, just another scientific paper, one of the millions published every year, and destined to receive little to no attention outside the arcane field of biological signalling in stem cells destined to become sperm. But soon after the paper was published online, in the journal Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, it found a global audience. …

Scientists have done a lot of good for our society that we should forever be grateful for, like generating enough knowledge to invent vaccines, electricity, the camera, and the Internet, among other things. They also help us answer important questions, such as who our ancestors were, why it rains, and how we can see colors. However, some things still baffle …