Maintaining good dental hygiene has always been recommended for a sparkling smile and fresh breath, but medical science has ...

The rise of "fake" science poses a serious threat to the integrity of academic research, a new study warns. A widespread underground network of fraudsters is pumping out fake scientific results at an ...

Insects quietly hold much of the natural world together, yet conservation efforts are overlooking the tropical regions where more than 80 percent of insect species live. Monash University researchers ...

When a group of researchers at Northwestern University uncovered evidence of widespread—and growing—research fraud in scientific publishing, editors at some academic journals weren’t exactly rushing ...

From fabricated research to paid authorships and citations, organized scientific fraud is on the rise, according to a new Northwestern University study. By combining large-scale data analysis of ...

“Can you imagine eating toxic waste for breakfast?” Science magazine asked in a 2010 press release touting a newly discovered microbe controversially claimed to “live and grow entirely off arsenic.” ...

Results from a massive research project investigating whether previously reported scientific results can be replicated raises questions about their reliability. A major, new examination of the ...

Scientists, faculty and staff at Emory University received an alarming email Saturday: An announcement of funding caps from the National Institutes of Health meant scientists and their labs at ...

This week, the stories in The Lede are devoted to the lives that have been upended during the first hundred days of Donald Trump’s second term. In 1999, Peggy Bryant, a fifty-year-old oncology nurse ...

The publishing of subpar or bogus academic papers is on the rise. Increasing numbers of sleuths are dedicated to exposing this fraud. Some sleuths want to organize, while others prize their ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. She’s inspired endless fan devotion, speculation and rumors. Now ...

A sweeping new study from Northwestern University reveals that scientific fraud is no longer just the work of a few rogue researchers—it has evolved into a global, organized enterprise. By analyzing ...