2013 | News Articles on Scientific Practice and Scientific Dysfunction

January:

‘Rehab’ helps errant researchers return to the lab (Nature, January 8, 2013)

Replication is more than hitting the lottery twice (European Journal of Personality, January 15, 2013)

Study indicates that scientific fraud may have a male bias (Scientific American, January 22, 2013)

U. will not back retraction of prof’s study (The Brown Daily Herald, January 24, 2013)

February:

Science research: three problems that point to a communications crisis (The Guardian, February 11, 2013)

Bigfoot DNA Under The Microscope; Controversy Brews Over DeNovo Science Journal (The Huffington Post, February 19, 2013)

March:

AHC review underway for 2012 research retraction (Minnesota Daily, March 7, 2013)

Doubts about Johns Hopkins research have gone unanswered, scientist says (Washington Post, March 11, 2013)

More HeLa problems: For decades, a widely used bladder cancer line hasn’t been what scientists thought (Retraction Watch, March 11, 2013)

HeLa publication brews bioethical storm (Nature, March 27, 2013)

April:

A Study in Deception: Psychology’s Sickness (The Atlantic, April 8, 2013)

Updated: Cardiology Paper Retracted as Harvard Investigates ‘Compromised’ Data (Science News, April 11, 2014)

Replicating Research: Austerity and Beyond (The New York Times, April 22, 2013)

The Mind of a Con Man (The New York Times, April 26, 2013)

May:

Reducing Implicit Prejudice (University of Virginia, May 1, 2013)

Modifying the Endless Debate Over Genetically Modified Crops (Time, May 14, 2013)

Lack of conflict of interest disclosure undoes scoliosis study (Retraction Watch, May 15, 2013)

June:

CFC Climate Change Controversy: How Science Can Get Very Political (The Huffington Post, June 4, 2013)

Why I retracted my Nature paper: A guest post from David Vaux about correcting the scientific record (Retraction Watch, June 19, 2013)

Autism genetics papers retracted after fraud inquiry at NY research agency (Retraction Watch, June 26, 2013)

July:

Retraction of 19-year-old Nature paper reveals hidden cameras, lab break-in, evidence tampering (Retraction Watch, July 4, 2013)

QUT reputation at risk after grant application and research mistakes (Courier Mail, July 28, 2013)

NIH mulls rules for validating key results (Nature, July 31, 2013)

August:

Probe finds ‘reckless’ misconduct in University of Utah lab (Salt Lake Tribune, August 2, 2013)

Human Terrain Systems – Battlefield Anthropology’s Murky Aims Led To Racism, Sexism And Fraud (Science 2.0, August 12, 2013)

Experiment Eleven: an extraordinary case of scientific deceit (ABC Science Online, August 18, 2013)

September:

University of Queensland scientists accused of falsifying research (Courier Mail, September 4, 2013)

Measles (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, September 13, 2013)

Marc Hauser, Former Professor Found Guilty of Academic Misconduct, Publishes First Book Since Resignation (The Harvard Crimson, September 27, 2013)

Looks good on paper: A flawed system for judging research is leading to academic fraud (The Economist, September 28, 2013)

October:

Anatomy of a Retraction (Science 2.0, October 10, 2013)

Unreliable research: Trouble at the lab (The Economist, October 19, 2013)

How science goes wrong (The Economist, October 19, 2013)

‘Ethical failure’ leaves one-quarter of all clinical trials unpublished (Nature, October 29, 2013)

November:

Johns Hopkins scientists retract disputed paper (Washington Post, November 6, 2013)

EPA appoints scientific integrity official (Ethanol Producer Magazine, November 26, 2013)

Science journal retracts French study on GM foods (The Star, November 28, 2013)

Study linking GM maize to rat tumours is retracted (Nature, November 28, 2013)

Journal retracts genetically modified corn study that found tumor risk in rats (CBS News, November 29, 2013)

Controversial Dance Paper Finally Retracted (Science Insider, November 29, 2013)

December:

Krokodil Paper Removed From American Journal Of Medicine Website (Huffington Post, Dec 4, 2013)

GM maize, health and the Séralini affair (The Economist, December 7, 2013)

How journals like Nature, Cell and Science are damaging science (The Guardian, December 9, 2013)

Lauded public health researcher also worked for industry, revealing entanglements of science (The Center for Public Integrity, December 20, 2013)

How I published a fake paper, and why it is the fault of our education system (Smriti Web, December 30, 2014)