Here is an interesting project, which - if it finds its way to the right people - has the potential to legitimately help improve public health. The approach to broadcasting the outcomes sounds a bit scary, but ultimately I think it's probably right 1/ #ScientificPublishing #ResearchIntegrity

Everything Hertz podcast@everythinghertz.com · last yr.

191: Cleaning up contaminated medical treatment guidelines everythinghertz.com/191 @dsquintana.bsky.social and @jamesheathers.bsky.social discuss James' new 'Medical Evidence Project', whose goal is to find questionable medical evidence that is contaminating treatment guidelines

Massive thanks to Meredith Adinolfi & Sara Grimme for having me on their @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social podcast to talk about #ResearchIntegrity: a topic I'm both passionate and depressed about (but such is life) scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/05/09/s...

SSP's Early Career Development Podcast Episode 22: A Primer on Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics - The Scholarly Kitchen

In this episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast, hosts Meredith Adinolfi (Cell Press) and Sara Grimme (Digital Science) chat with Rafal Marszalek, the Chief Editor at Nature’s largest journa...

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Fantastic interview with George Gao, former director of CCDC about impact of DOGE work on US research - but also its global implications #AcademicSky www.pekingnology.com/p/former-chi...

Former China CDC Director criticizes Elon Musk

George F. Gao, the Chinese counterpart of Anthony Fauci during COVID-19, says the Tesla and Starlink owner has changed a lot and is now anti-science.

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Is is acceptable for a Fellow of the @royalsociety.org to promote white supremacism? What message does it send about their commitment to an inclusive academy?

News Eye@newseye.bsky.social · 2y ago

Elon Musk has changed his X profile. His avatar is now Pepe the Frog, a mascot adopted by white supremacists. His name is a Latinisation of “Kek”, a phrase used by neo-Nazis. Musk has also backed AfD in Germany, the political home for racists. The man is telling us explicitly what he’s about.

Yearly reminder that the world will not end if you don’t submit your paper or revision before the holidays. Editors are people too & need a break. The @plosbiology.org team in particular has done outstanding work this year & fully deserves it. We’re mostly off the next 2 weeks. Happy holidays!

a cartoon of minnie mouse sitting at a desk holding a pencil and a cup of coffee

Alt: a cartoon of minnie mouse sitting at a desk holding a pencil and a cup of coffee

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A fraud buster, a nuclear-clock maker and a virus hunter. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for this year’s Nature’s 10. 🧪

Nature’s 10: the people who helped shape science in 2024

A fraud buster, a nuclear-clock maker and a virus hunter. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for this year’s Nature’s 10.

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COOL IDEA KLAXON: I'm looking for scientists who *aren't* expert with AI but are curious to see if it can help out their lab, to try out a new AI system designed for this purpose. The idea is to report on what happens, be it astounding, absurd, or frustrating. Pls msg to indicate interest - thanks!

Go and nominate, I guess? #ResearchIntegrity

Andrew Porter@retropz.bsky.social · 2y ago

With 20 spaces left in the #ResearchIntegrity Starter Pack, could we fill these with early career researchers/professionals or others who might not feel confident putting themselves on the list? If you have suggestions for people who'd be a good fit, please let me know! go.bsky.app/5NJ9Z4N

🚀 New Scientific Report Collection: Excitons in Condensed Matter Physics We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the collection on Scientific Reports @natureportfolio.bsky.social focused on excitons. More info at: www.nature.com/collections/... #CondensedMatterPhysics #Excitons

Excitons

This Collection welcomes original research on the topic of excitons, looking at the physics of excitons and how to exploit them in timely applications.

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New publication alert! 🚨 My former graduate student (Dr. Naomi Isenberg) and I have a new paper in Scientific Reports about how Americans underestimate diversity support and that correcting this boosts inclusion. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Diversity and inclusion have greater support than most Americans think - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Diversity and inclusion have greater support than most Americans think

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The South African springhare (Pedetes capensis) fluoresces hot pink under ultraviolet light. The function of the striking patterns and intense colour (which are unique among known biofluorescent mammals) is a mystery. Credit: J. Martin and E. Olson www.nature.com/articles/s41...

So pleased to share our new paper on object transport decisions in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Scientific reports! We found that Goffins' cockatoos choose to carry light objects over heavy objects over short distances, but ignore weight balance cues. Check it out!

Oxford Biology@biology.ox.ac.uk · 2y ago

Goffin’s cockatoos choose lighter objects over identical heavier ones ⚖️ New research showed they often switched back and forth between objects, a sign of their decision-making process 👇 bit.ly/4fOCiAY

In a 2023 paper in Scientific Reports, Amir Ghasemian and I introduced the "enmity paradox" for real social networks (your enemies have more enemies than you do). www.nature.com/articles/s41... #EnmityParadox #FriendshipParadox 3/

The enmity paradox - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - The enmity paradox

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A study in Scientific Reports analyzes an Egyptian ritual Bes-vase of the 2nd century BCE, revealing traces of Peganum harmala, Nimphaea nouchali var. caerulea, and a plant of the Cleome genus, all of which have psychotropic and medicinal properties. https://go.nature.com/3V4IRYr 🧪 🏺

10 of the 16 sites set to host the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup could put the participating professional soccer players at risk of extreme heat stress, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. https://go.nature.com/4fOB21p 🧪

I'm preparing a lecture on sci writing, and I show this image twice during my presentation: my one and only rule for writing in science.

At least for non-experts: “AI-generated poems are now ‘more human than human’… participants are more likely to judge that AI-generated poems are human-authored, compared to actual human-authored poems…. participants rate AI-generated poems more highly than human-written poems”

New in Scientific Reports with @erinfitz.bsky.social @stecula.bsky.social & @matthewhitt.bsky.social: We use a Prospect Theory-style experiment to test whether numeracy + need for cognition moderate framing effects re: the May 2023 debt ceiling debates in Congress. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Objective numeracy exacerbates framing effects from decision-making under political risk - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Objective numeracy exacerbates framing effects from decision-making under political risk

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🧠 Excited to share findings from our latest paper testing Easterbrook's hypothesis on stress and attention! We explored whether stress leads to a narrowing of attention, reducing distraction. Out now in Scientific Reports #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #Neurosscience #CogSci

A study in Scientific Reports suggests that a new ancient species of snake dubbed Vasuki Indicus, which lived around 47 million years ago in the state of Gujarat in India, may have been one of the largest snakes to have ever lived. go.nature.com/49XORa9 🧪

A Scientific Reports paper reports observations of a wild male Sumatran orangutan applying chewed leaves from Akar Kuning—a climbing plant used in traditional medicine to treat wounds and  conditions such as dysentery, diabetes, and malaria—to a wound on his cheek. go.nature.com/3WjxGMV 🧪

This may well be the first: if you saw a paper in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Nat Hum Behav that you think would benefit from an independent replication, would like to do one & maybe have it published in the actual original journal, here is your chance #AcademicSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

What an amazing study, run across 2 traditional communities: Evidence for an emotional adaptive function of dreams: a cross-cultural study www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Original study: G. Russo et al., First direct evidence of #lion #hunting and the early use of a lion #pelt by #Neanderthals, Scientific Reports 13, 2023. 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

First direct evidence of lion hunting and the early use of a lion pelt by Neanderthals - Scientific ...

Scientific Reports - First direct evidence of lion hunting and the early use of a lion pelt by Neanderthals

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Did educational expansion make cognitive ability more predictive of attainment? Meritocratic logics would suggest so. Our results reveal the opposite pattern: a decoupling between ability and education over birth cohorts! Out now in Scientific Reports! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An analysis in Scientific Reports suggests that social media fatigue can influence false beliefs of misinformation, which translates into sharing on social media.

Examining the association between social media fatigue, cognitive ability, narcissism and misinforma...

Scientific Reports - Examining the association between social media fatigue, cognitive ability, narcissism and misinformation sharing: cross-national evidence from eight countries

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Can't believe it's been 6 months since my 1st, shared-first author paper was published in Nature Scientific Reports 😄 'A database of heterogeneous faces for studying naturalistic expressions' with Jessica Taubert, Shruti Japee, Chris I Baker & Houqiu Long #PsychSciSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A database of heterogeneous faces for studying naturalistic expressions - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - A database of heterogeneous faces for studying naturalistic expressions

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🔍Just read an enlightening study published in Scientific Reports by my colleagues Paul Bouchaud and David Chavalarias titled "Crowdsourced audit of Twitter’s recommender systems." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I love this experimental study in the field showing that storks use green leaf volatiles to navigate towards food. Smell of green leaf volatiles attracts white storks to freshly cut meadows | Scientific Reports (nature.com)