I don’t fault peer reviewers for not checking each citation. I do, however fault the authors for not noticing them (or caring). the-decoder.com/over-100-fak...

Over 100 fake citations slip through peer review at top AI conference

An analysis of nearly 5,000 accepted research papers from the AI conference NeurIPS 2025 uncovered more than 100 fabricated citations - despite review by multiple experts.

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“Conspiracy theories…can be understood as the political equivalent of dark-matter theories. They emerge in situations where some movement or action seems unlikely or bizarre unless you can posit some unseen element in the story, some hidden force exerting influence.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/o...

Opinion | Conspiracies Are Real. The Theories Can Be Traps.

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“After a brief dalliance with literacy, humanity is returning to its oral roots.” apple.news/AWWQ7HSErTTi...

Is the decline of reading poisoning our politics? — Vox

It could come by the end of this sentence or, on a good day, the fifth paragraph.

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I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12

Vaccines: because “community immunity” sounds way cuter than “preventable outbreak.” Vaccines aren’t just personal protection—they’re community care. They stop preventable diseases, protect the vulnerable, and keep our healthcare system from getting overwhelmed. Immunity is a team sport.

I hope he doesn’t move to ban vaccines outright… www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...

Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts

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I used to love using em-dashes. Now, they are seen as a signature of AI-generated text. So, I’m embarrassed to use them. The end.

Hot takes belong on social media, not in scientific journals. Science thrives on rigor, nuance, and evidence—not speed, speculation, or snark. #scicomm

Tim Linksvayer@tlinksvayer.bsky.social · last yr.

my "hot take": carefully thought out and carefully written perspectives that "create new discussions, inspire future research, and maybe stir things up a bit" ...that's all great and I'm definitely looking forward to these new articles. But actual hot takes don't belong in a leading journal.

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Mary Feeney@mkfeeney.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform to share my NSF experience & some thoughts on the recent cuts to misinformation research. Publicly funded research & accurate information is vital to our democracy. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/i-oversaw-...

Kathleen Hall Jamieson has convinced me we should try to start saying "convergent evidence" instead of "scientific consensus." Going to take a while to change, but I explored it in my column this week. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Convergence and consensus

In these days of political instability, geopolitical tensions, and social discontent around the world, there are continued threats to the principles, conduct, and findings of science. This assault on ...

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In 2017, I was unbelievably lucky to be one of the first science of science communication postdocs at @appc.upenn.edu . Our main project covered #popefrancis and #climatechange. I was recently invited to speak about this work with @npr.org to honor Pope Francis www.npr.org/2025/04/21/n...

Pope Francis focused on climate change as the planet continued to get hotter

Pope Francis called on the world and 1.4 billion Catholics to confront climate change. He brought attention to the issue but it's not clear he changed many minds.

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Fun at ASU+GSV with Mi-Ai Parrish!

I've already had two federal grants terminated and face a 33% pay cut due to future terminations. It's painful, but not as painful as the conversations I'm having every day with brilliant trainees in graduate school and postdoctoral positions who see little future for themselves in US science.

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad.bsky.social · last yr.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o... Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security

Join us at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication ! We have an opening for a tenured faculty position (associate or full) in Media Law and First Amendment issues. #jobs #media #communication #faculty #cronkite #arizona #asu jobs.chronicle.com/job/37789047...

Senior faculty position in Media Law and the First Amendment - Phoenix, Arizona (US) job with Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication | 37789047

ASU invites applications for a tenured associate or full professor to teach and conduct research related to media law and First Amendment.

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I did a podcast! The Ongoing Transformation podcast interviewed me about #misinformation about #science and our work on the @nationalacademies.org report #sciencemisinfo #sciencecomm issues.org/misinformati...

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Misinformation?

Misinformation about science makes it hard to make policy, buy groceries, or even live. How can we fix it?

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Scientists and journalists need to figure out right quick how to explain to the average person how a massive change in research indirects will impact the medical care they and their children get (eg at the local children’s hospital), the education their children will get, the price of tuition, etc.

“People largely learn of what the government is doing through the media — be it mainstream media or social media. If you overwhelm the media — if you give it too many places it needs to look, all at once, if you keep it moving from one thing to the next — no coherent opposition can emerge.”

Kai Kupferschmidt@kakape.bsky.social · 2y ago

“Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him.” This by Ezra Klein struck me as a really important perspective.

Our building had an emotional support donkey visit. How was your week?

Anyone have a high school kid interested in media? Consider telling them about #CampCronkite !! cronkite.asu.edu/community/hi...

Last night, I spoke with 12 News here in Phoenix about #factchecking and #socialmedia youtu.be/7Y2wc7i1dnI

Media expert discusses future of social media including TikTok ban and Facebook fact-checking

YouTube video by 12 News

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So… an article we published on science curiosity and political information processing was inappropriately cited in a @naturecomms.bsky.social article 👇🧵

As the pandemic collided with a US presidential election, I felt like I was watching a slow-motion car crash. COVID-19 vaccine attitudes polarized (as we expected)—and then that polarization spread to childhood vaccinations. The fallout is still unfolding. #scicomm #science&politics

Lindsay Beyerstein@beyerstein.bsky.social · 2y ago

This chart showing changes in the measles vaccination rates of the states from today’s NYT is bleak.

I was interviewed on @abc15arizona.bsky.social about Meta’s decision to get rid of fact checking. Most of my points got cut. Here’s what I think 👇

Had a blast returning as an alumnus of the SFIS Winter School at Saguaro Lake Ranch.

Inspired by a random reel on Instagram, I asked #ChatGPT to write a roast of #Phoenix. 👇

Anyone else suspicious that like 90% of accounts on Bluesky are bots?

Improving access to high-quality scientific information can fill information voids that exist for topics of interest to people and reduce exposure to and uptake of misinformation about science. Read more in our report: nap.nationalacademies.org/27894 #scicomm #medialiteracy

Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science

Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.

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I read somewhere that publishing more than 7-10 papers per year is called “excessive publishing” and is “bad for science”. If we were limited to submitting 5 papers per calendar year, would that ultimately be better for science (or worse)? I have some ideas, what are yours? #scicomm

"Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed — they're dangerous.” Mitch McConnell

I liked this quote: “Journalism schools need to find more ways to collaborate across disciplines in 2025 to expand the skill set journalism students learn beyond reporting and storytelling, and get students in other majors to think critically with us about information…”

Nieman Lab@niemanlab.org · 2y ago

"Journalism schools need to find more ways to collaborate across disciplines in 2025 to expand the skill set journalism students learn beyond reporting and storytelling," @brizzyc.bsky.social writes.