Journals can take months to years to retract unreliable research. Journalists often fail to tell the public when scientific discoveries later are determined invalid or fraudulent, a new paper reveals. PLUS: 4 tips for tracking flawed research.
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Until there’s a vaccine for the new coronavirus, infectious disease professionals worldwide are turning to digital contact tracing tools to help stem the spread of COVID-19.
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Understand that terms that are now part of the common lexicon, such as “climate change,” or “gun control,” are the product of strategic framing.
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A new study serves as an example for all journalists who swoop in and out of academic papers without much care.
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Many of the most popular news stories about health research include overstated findings or substantial inaccuracies, suggests a new study.
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The crowd has wisdom, sure, but it also has capital. Now academics are turning to crowdfunding to finance their research.
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Local TV news focuses more on national politics and slants more to the right at present than in recent years, new research finds.
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A collection of research that examines how student performance and campus enrollments may change following a school shooting.
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When research grant proposals are evaluated mainly on the credentials of the researcher, and not the proposal itself, there is a bias in favor of men.
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