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You Simply MUST 'Do Your Own Research"
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (1024+ words) I am a big believer in the division of labor. It is one of the secrets to a well-functioning and prosperous society. Adam Smith's explanation of the concept using a pin factory as an example captured the idea beautifully: if…...
The hidden cost of peer review: a system under strain
2+ hour, 53+ min ago (410+ words) This growing demand raises broader questions about how peer review functions within today’s academic publishing landscape, particularly in relation to Article Processing Charges, or APCs. The intention here is not to criticise the system, but to reflect on how time,…...
Student Admits She Did Not Conduct Experiments in Now-Retracted Paper
12+ hour, 53+ min ago (1648+ words) Princeton student Rishika Porandla self-retracted a paper due to methodological errors. She now says the results represent “hypothesized effects,” not actual ones. The original decision to retract the paper garnered praise from the student’s professors, but it also led to…...
NIH proposes major revamp of how it scores research grant proposals
19+ hour, 34+ min ago (104+ words) Proponents argue that the current system creates a false sense of precision, but critics fear that the change could increase political interference....
Mirror Biology Research: Implications for Operational Governance
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (189+ words) RAND's divisions conduct research on a uniquely broad front for clients around the globe. Sana Zakaria, Matthew L. Nicotra, Alec Ross, Rachel Steratore, Chris Carter-Gordon, Tyler Hoard, Gerald L. Epstein Expert InsightsPublished Aug 18, 2026 This work was independently initiated and conducted within the…...
Evolving Peer Review
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (273+ words) GG has opined about peer review a lot over the years and so was interested to see the latest series of suggestions on how to save peer review in Ars Technica. (just search on “peer review” in the little search…...
Research should be about pursuing knowledge, not publication numbers
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (683+ words) The Daily Star Copyright: Any unauthorized use or reproduction of The Daily Star content for commercial purposes Chained majesties: The plight of captive elephants in Bangladesh Bangladesh’s FDI puzzle: Why human capital, not red tape, is the real constraint Breastfeeding…...
Writing evidence-linked docs exposed two missing regression tests
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (326+ words) This is a crosspost of the canonical version on GitHub. Neither gap was a live bug — that's the whole point of this post. agent-cost's existing test suite already covered the two extremes of each piece of logic; what was missing…...
Princeton student says she did not conduct the experiments described in her now-retracted paper
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (766+ words) Earlier this week, Retraction Watch reported on a Princeton student’s decision to retract her own paper from an engineering journal due to “significant methodological errors.” The student, Rishika Porandla, now tells us she never conducted the experiments described in the…...
New open-source tool helps researchers test robustness of findings
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (296+ words) Researchers at Oxford Population Health’s Demographic Science Unit and the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science have developed RobustiPy, a new open-source tool, to ensure research is robust and reliable. RobustiPy was formally introduced in a paper published in Patterns today....