Pre-2000 | News Articles on Scientific Practice and Scientific Dysfunction

1999

February:

Response latency in social psychological research (Thesis Commons, February 10, 1999)

July:

U.S. Says Fake Data Tied Cancer, Power Lines / Berkeley researcher denies wrongdoing (SF Gate, July 23, 1999)

1998

April:

A Question of Integrity (Los Angeles Times, April 2, 1998)

June:

British Cast Spotlight on Misconduct in Scientific Research (The New York Times, June 9, 1998)

1995

April:

Earliest AIDS Case Is Called Into Doubt (The New York Times, April 4, 1995)

1994

July:

2 Universities to Pay U.S. $1.6 Million in Research Fraud Case (The New York Times, July 23, 1994)

1992

January:

Astronomer Retracts His Discovery of Planet (The New York Times, January 16, 1992)

February:

Researchers Retract Their Claim Of Producing Alzheimer’s in Mice (The New York Times, February 28, 1992)

June:

Scientists Retract Embryo Study, Saying Research Was Fraudulent (The New York Times, June 9, 1992)

July:

Researcher Accused Of Fraud in Her Data Will Not Be Indicted (The New York Times, July 14, 1992)

1991

November:

Results of AIDS Experiment Are Retracted After Inquiry (The New York Times, November 21, 1991)

1990

October:

Cold Fusion Still Escapes Usual Checks Of Science (The New York Times, October 30, 1990)

1989

October:

CONDUCT UNBECOMING? (The New York Times, October 29, 1989)

1988

April:

Nobel Winner Is Caught Up In a Dispute Over Study (The New York Times, April 12, 1988)

1986

November:

Harvard Scientists Retract Publications On Medical Finding (The New York Times, November 22, 1986)

1983

May:

MASTERS AND JOHNSON DEFEND PIONEER SEX THERAPY RESEARCH (The New York Times, May 27, 1983)

June:

NOTORIOUS DARSEE CASE SHAKES ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT SCIENCE (The New York Times, June 14, 1983)

1981

November:

A FRAUD THAT SHOOK THE WORLD OF SCIENCE (The New York Times, November 1, 1981)

1980

August:

The Doctor’s World: How Honest Is Medical Research? (The New York Times, August 5, 1980)

Columbia’s Medical Chief Resigns; Ex-Associate’s Data Fraud at Issue; Columbia’s Medical Chairman Quits; Ex-Associate’s Research Fraud Is at Issue ‘Deep Differences’ Cited Review of Yale Paper Findings of Auditor Rebuttal of Allegations (The New York Times, August 9, 1980)

1977

October:

Scientists Now Call Multiple Sclerosis Test Useless; Repetition Unsuccessful Research Grants Sought (The New York Times, October 16, 1977)