The journal Science retracts a headline-grabbing study, but the authors vigorously defend their data and say the retraction is unwarranted. Retraction notices are getting clearer — but progress is ...

Thousands of scientific papers have used data collected by users of the platform iNaturalist, according to new research. By Emily Anthes In the spring of 2019, a nature photographer hiking in the ...

A statistical analysis found that the number of fake journal articles being churned out by “paper mills” is doubling every year and a half. By Carl Zimmer For years, whistle-blowers have warned that ...