Science2025
Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets
PLOS, Frontiers, and others announce policies trying to stem the tide of suspect research
Science2025
Imperfect Sounds
Cochlear implants give deaf kids unprecedented access to sound. But insisting they avoid using sign language may be risky
Winner of the 2026 Linguistics Journalism Award (Linguistic Society of America)
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Scientific integrity & metascience
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Science2024
Springer Nature retracts 75 papers connected to Spanish university head
Papers contain hundreds of references to University of Salamanca rector Juan Manuel Corchado
Science2024
The Reckoning
Didier Raoult and his institute found fame during the pandemic. Then, a group of dogged critics exposed major ethical failings
Science & society
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The Open Notebook2026
Reporting on Flaws in Science in an Era of Mistrust
Covering issues of scientific integrity, such as fraud, fabricated data, or problematic publishing practices, is particularly challenging in political climates where science is under attack.
Science2024
Key global bioethics guidelines get ‘dramatic’ update
Revised Declaration of Helsinki stresses need for equity, protection of vulnerable groups, and research integrity
Science2023
Unlucky Numbers
Richard Gill is fighting the shoddy statistics that put nurses in prison for serial murder
Climate & environment
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Science2021
To slow global warming, some researchers want to pull methane out of the air
Lofting iron-salt aerosols could eat up methane and buy time on climate change
Science2020
Power to the people
Nations are turning to citizen assemblies to weigh up climate policies
Hakai Magazine2020
The Oddball Dolphin of Dingle
Living solo for decades in an Irish harbor, a dolphin named Fungie has taught us something about solitary cetaceans—maybe they prefer to be alone.
Behavioural & life sciences
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Science2025
Why have so many different eyes evolved? Gamelike simulation could provide answers
“Powerful” method for studying evolution could help researchers understand how species developed specialized eyes
Science2025
Researchers claim their AI model simulates the human mind. Others are skeptical
Cognitive scientists question new Centaur model’s ability to predict human behavior
Science2023
Psychedelic-inspired drugs could relieve depression without causing hallucinations
Mouse study identifies separate mechanisms behind psychedelics’ antidepressant and hallucinogenic effects, providing target for future drug development
Science policy
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Science2024
Funding overhaul threatens historic U.K. research units
Scientists protest new “challenge-led” grants replacing funding that supported long-term basic research
Science2024
U.K. science minister pays damages to researcher she accused of airing ‘extremist’ views
Universities’ union calls on Michelle Donelan to resign, saying her position is “untenable”
Science2020
Cannabis research database shows how U.S. funding focuses on harms of the drug
Analysis of 50 funders finds cannabis treatment research is growing slowly
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Award-winning freelance science journalist covering scientific integrity, metascience, behavioural & life sciences, and climate & environment.
I’m a contributing correspondent for Science, and my work has also appeared in The Atlantic, National Geographic, Hakai, Undark, and others. Interested in evidence: how we make it, how we use it, and how we treat the people involved in the process.
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