• brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    California microbiologist Elisabeth Bik, 57, has been sleuthing for a decade. Based on her work, scientific journals have retracted 1,133 articles, corrected 1,017 others and printed 153 expressions of concern…

    Incredible, she has some enemies.

  • Lung@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Hahah what a hobby, using image processing and probably AI to check old papers that predated the tools. Kinda like using DNA to solve old crimes

  • bl4kers@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Why do articles like this feel the need to include the blogger’s age?

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    5 months ago

    That’s really embarrassing, but not surprising that a medical institution would lie and cheat. The profit motive is destroying scientific research.