Cathleen O'Grady
Science journo at @science.org, writing about science & society, research integrity, and other places where the scientific rubber hits the road. 🇿🇦🏴🇷🇸
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- Reposted by Cathleen O'GradyDon't look now but: Scientific fraud has become an ‘industry,’ alarming analysis finds. Brought to you by @science.org 's excellent @cathleenogrady.bsky.social | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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- Reposted by Cathleen O'GradyIn the early 2010s, critics started pointing out that much of the psychology literature was unreliable. Now, a statistical analysis suggests the field is improving, @cathleenogrady.bsky.social reports. www.science.org/content/arti...
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- Last week, a preprint reporting expert consensus on smartphones and teen mental health sparked a kerfuffle. Critics are saying the evidence in the field is too thin to support consensus, and that the findings of the paper have been communicated badly: www.science.org/content/arti...
- A massive health dataset has spawned a wealth of cookie-cutter "research Mad Libs" papers that don't tell us anything useful, but flood the literature with noise. Possibly AI-generated, possibly paper mill origin. www.science.org/content/arti...
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- Smart and important story from @rebekahwhite.bsky.social. Some geoengineering experiments have brought nearby communities on board; others have failed to get support. What should scientists do to genuinely engage with people about their concerns? www.science.org/content/arti...
- This is awesome: "As we incorporated [ASL vocab] into the course, we found that students who relied solely on an interpreter started to outperform hearing students ... Deaf students also began to seek out research opportunities more often than they did previously." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- Reposted by Cathleen O'GradyI couldn't do what I do w/out the generosity of scientists, many of whom have taken calls while on vacation, while ill, or while dealing with personal tragedies. They communicate complex ideas, oftentimes in a second language. They have made me laugh, cry, and buckle beneath the wonder of it all. 🧪
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- Language is the social&cognitive air that humans breathe. It underlies our thinking, connection, education. So what happens when, as a young child, you don't get access to it? Implants can help deaf kids hear – but that's not always enough to give them language 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
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- Great thread from @jbakcoleman.bsky.social on my story about ecologists reaching different conclusions from the same data. Should we be worried? Maybe about analytical ability – but maybe not so much about science's ability to reach a clear answer. 🧪
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- Reposted by Cathleen O'Grady"These kinds of shocks are going to lead to a mass exodus … for minorities in particular.” For my latest @science.org story, I spoke with early career researchers who have been affected by the federal upheaval and are concerned about what it means for their future. www.science.org/content/arti...
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- One of the wackier stories I've reported in a while. Shady outfits are selling slots on UK "patents" to academics – only they aren't patents, they're just cribbed pictures of crazy, meaningless designs:
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- Reposted by Cathleen O'GradyAre you a CDC scientist affected by the order to pull back submitted papers containing terms including the following? Find me today on Signal. Time-sensitive. Confidentiality promised.
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- Scientists are protesting a move from the UK Medical Research Council that could spell the end of historic research units focusing on areas of strategic national importance, such as epidemiology, toxicology, and virology: www.science.org/content/arti...
- It took four days from submission to publication, and nearly five years from publication to retraction. After campaigning by many, many scientists, and an investigation by Elsevier, an infamous paper on hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment has been retracted. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
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- Remember Didier Raoult, the French microbiologist who set off the hydroxychloroquine craze? If you haven't been following, you might have missed that critics have pointed to ethical failings in hundreds of his papers – "ethical failings" meaning no or inadequate ethical approval.
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- This is *incredible* news about the wonderful, irreplaceable @hakaimagazine.com
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- Following on from my intro thread yesterday, here are some more recent stories: The Declaration of Helsinki is the text that underpins medical ethics everywhere, and it just got a huge update: www.science.org/content/arti...
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