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Five-part Peer Review Series – Cosmos Weekly:
When peer review fails, people get hurt
Alzheimer’s research gave hope to many, until the research was questioned.
Putting science under the microscope reveals not all is well
Web sites and social media are exposing poor or fraudulent science, but often nothing happens after that.
Peer review: Where does it lie in the scientific process?
Science underpins the information people need to live their lives, and those facts must not be disputed.
Scientific fraud, poor research and honest mistakes lead to thousands of retractions
Fish, fossils, fraud and even death threats – the sometimes wild world of science investigations.
Is it time to review, the review?
Science is a process of reducing uncertainty, so we need to have confidence in its internal checks and balances.
more at: Cosmos Magazine
Short articles
Cosmos Magazine, Daily Press Updates (a selection):
Long Covid symptoms not ‘all in the head’
Brain abnormalities found in long COVID patients months after recovery from the disease.
New perspectives on navigating grief for owners of companion animals
Many bereaved pet owners feel forced to go it alone – but they shouldn’t have to.
Volcano breath test helps scientists predict deadly eruptions
Chemical signs in vented volcano gas gives insight into the magma deep below our feet.
Fungal Pathogens are a growing threat says the latest WHO report
The WHO has published the first ‘Watchlist’ for Fungal Pathogens highlighting a growing threat to humankind.
Obese yet malnourished toddler mummy sheds light on life in 17th century aristocratic Austria
‘Virtual autopsy’ shows one-year-old boy was well-fed but kept hidden from sunlight.
Female representation in physics: Can we fix it?
A personal experience spurs important research into why women in physics still experience discrimination.
Tick, tick, boom! An early warning system for stars going supernova
Simulation of pre-explosion cocoons around massive stars tightens timeline before supernova.
Risk of doggy dementia increases dramatically every year after age ten
A study of dogs characterises the prevalence of Canine Cognitive Dysfunction..
more at: Cosmos Magazine
The Conversation:
Putting the Universe under the telescope
The 2020s will use increasingly complex technology to ramp up our efforts to understand more about the Universe
Pursuit Magazine:
Tiny satellites are changing the way we explore our planet and beyond
Want to go to space? It could cost you..
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