Rafal is living in the darkest timeline

Science-integrity project will root out bad medical papers ‘and tell everyone’ Group behind Retraction Watch aims to pinpoint the most influential flawed health data.

Write up @natureportfolio.nature.com here:
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If you're a patient, you want to know you're not getting the best standard of care (or even: getting the worst standard of care), as soon as the verdict is in, not wheb the bureaucratic paperology has run its course. 2/2

Here is an interesting project, which - if it finds its way to the right people - has the potential to legitimately help improve public health. The approach to broadcasting the outcomes sounds a bit scary, but ultimately I think it's probably right 1/ #ScientificPublishing #ResearchIntegrity

SSP's Early Career Development Podcast Episode 22: A Primer on Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics - The Scholarly Kitchen In this episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast, hosts Meredith Adinolfi (Cell Press) and Sara Grimme (Digital Science) chat with Rafal Marszalek, the Chief Editor at Nature’s largest journa...

Massive thanks to Meredith Adinolfi & Sara Grimme for having me on their @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social podcast to talk about #ResearchIntegrity: a topic I'm both passionate and depressed about (but such is life)

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/05/09/s...

Could not put it better myself (despite spending many of my waking hours thinking about how to talk to researchers about incremental research of unpredictable future value).

"Business demands investment returns, but scientific returns aren't cash—they're concepts discovered through the pursuit of knowledge. Today's "valueless" discoveries might be worth millions or billions tomorrow. Their management style is damaging this latent scientific value."

"Musk and Trump overemphasize the utilitarianism and applicability of science. While I support goal-oriented research, their current reforms are too shortsighted. Science explores the unknown and requires tolerance for failure."

Former China CDC Director criticizes Elon Musk George F. Gao, the Chinese counterpart of Anthony Fauci during COVID-19, says the Tesla and Starlink owner has changed a lot and is now anti-science.

Fantastic interview with George Gao, former director of CCDC about impact of DOGE work on US research - but also its global implications

#AcademicSky
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Is is acceptable for a Fellow of the @royalsociety.org to promote white supremacism? What message does it send about their commitment to an inclusive academy?

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Yearly reminder that the world will not end if you don’t submit your paper or revision before the holidays.

Editors are people too & need a break. The @plosbiology.org team in particular has done outstanding work this year & fully deserves it. We’re mostly off the next 2 weeks.

Happy holidays!

Nature’s 10: the people who helped shape science in 2024 A fraud buster, a nuclear-clock maker and a virus hunter. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for this year’s Nature’s 10.

A fraud buster, a nuclear-clock maker and a virus hunter. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for this year’s Nature’s 10. 🧪

COOL IDEA KLAXON:
I'm looking for scientists who *aren't* expert with AI but are curious to see if it can help out their lab, to try out a new AI system designed for this purpose. The idea is to report on what happens, be it astounding, absurd, or frustrating. Pls msg to indicate interest - thanks!

Go and nominate, I guess? #ResearchIntegrity

Excitons This Collection welcomes original research on the topic of excitons, looking at the physics of excitons and how to exploit them in timely applications.

🚀 New Scientific Report Collection: Excitons in Condensed Matter Physics

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the collection on Scientific Reports @natureportfolio.bsky.social focused on excitons.

More info at: www.nature.com/collections/...

#CondensedMatterPhysics #Excitons

Diversity and inclusion have greater support than most Americans think - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Diversity and inclusion have greater support than most Americans think

New publication alert! 🚨 My former graduate student (Dr. Naomi Isenberg) and I have a new paper in Scientific Reports about how Americans underestimate diversity support and that correcting this boosts inclusion.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Credit: J. Martin and E. Olson, Northland College/Olson et al. 2021, Scientific Reports

The South African springhare (Pedetes capensis) fluoresces hot pink under ultraviolet light.

The function of the striking patterns and intense colour (which are unique among known biofluorescent mammals) is a mystery.

Credit: J. Martin and E. Olson

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

So pleased to share our new paper on object transport decisions in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Scientific reports!
We found that Goffins' cockatoos choose to carry light objects over heavy objects over short distances, but ignore weight balance cues. Check it out!

The enmity paradox - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - The enmity paradox

In a 2023 paper in Scientific Reports, Amir Ghasemian and I introduced the "enmity paradox" for real social networks (your enemies have more enemies than you do). www.nature.com/articles/s41... #EnmityParadox #FriendshipParadox 3/

This is figure 1, which shows examples of the Bes mug, including the one used in this study.

A study in Scientific Reports analyzes an Egyptian ritual Bes-vase of the 2nd century BCE, revealing traces of Peganum harmala, Nimphaea nouchali var. caerulea, and a plant of the Cleome genus, all of which have psychotropic and medicinal properties. https://go.nature.com/3V4IRYr 🧪 🏺

This is figure 1 showing the location of the 2026 FIFA World Cup stadiums within the Köppen-Geiger climate type classification.

10 of the 16 sites set to host the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup could put the participating professional soccer players at risk of extreme heat stress, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. https://go.nature.com/4fOB21p 🧪

I'm preparing a lecture on sci writing, and I show this image twice during my presentation: my one and only rule for writing in science.

At least for non-experts: “AI-generated poems are now ‘more human than human’… participants are more likely to judge that AI-generated poems are human-authored, compared to actual human-authored poems…. participants rate AI-generated poems more highly than human-written poems”

🙏

Hi Alejandro, would you mind adding me too? Thanks in advance :)

Objective numeracy exacerbates framing effects from decision-making under political risk - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Objective numeracy exacerbates framing effects from decision-making under political risk

New in Scientific Reports with @erinfitz.bsky.social
@stecula.bsky.social & @matthewhitt.bsky.social:

We use a Prospect Theory-style experiment to test whether numeracy + need for cognition moderate framing effects re: the May 2023 debt ceiling debates in Congress.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🧠 Excited to share findings from our latest paper testing Easterbrook's hypothesis on stress and attention! We explored whether stress leads to a narrowing of attention, reducing distraction. Out now in Scientific Reports #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #Neurosscience #CogSci

This is figure 2, which shows the anterior trunk vertebrae of Vasuki indicus.

A study in Scientific Reports suggests that a new ancient species of snake dubbed Vasuki Indicus, which lived around 47 million years ago in the state of Gujarat in India, may have been one of the largest snakes to have ever lived. go.nature.com/49XORa9 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows the process of wound healing. Rakus fed on and later applied the masticated leaves of Fibraurea tinctoria to his facial wound on June 25. On June 26 he was again observed feeding on Fibraurea tinctoria leaves (see photo). By June 30 the wound was closed and by August 25 was barely visible anymore.

A Scientific Reports paper reports observations of a wild male Sumatran orangutan applying chewed leaves from Akar Kuning—a climbing plant used in traditional medicine to treat wounds and  conditions such as dysentery, diabetes, and malaria—to a wound on his cheek. go.nature.com/3WjxGMV 🧪

Objective numeracy exacerbates framing effects from decision-making under political risk - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Objective numeracy exacerbates framing effects from decision-making under political risk

New paper in Scientific Reports with @stecula.bsky.social @matthewhitt.bsky.social @goose.bsky.social:

We use a Prospect Theory-style experiment to test whether numeracy + need for cognition moderate framing effects re: the May 2023 debt ceiling debates in Congress.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This may well be the first: if you saw a paper in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Nat Hum Behav that you think would benefit from an independent replication, would like to do one & maybe have it published in the actual original journal, here is your chance #AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...