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#factories — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Monday, September 29, 2025

    Russia using 'shadow fleet' tankers to launch drones towards European cities -- Russia using shadow fleet tankers to launch drones towards European cities -- Ukrainian HIMARS reportedly strike thermal power plant in Russia's Belgorod Oblast -- [vlog] Putin Lied to Trump? ... and more

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  2. Wednesday, July 2, 2025

    Ukraine shows footage of Bober drones hitting Russian air defenses, fighter jet in Crimea — Ukraine’s new interceptor UAVs are starting to knock Russia’s long-range Shahed drones out of the sky — Germany still weighing Taurus missile supply to Ukraine — [vlog/video] Why Norway is investing billions in Ukraine’s victory … and more

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  3. One of the world’s most cited scientists, Rafael Luque, suspended without pay for 13 years

    Researchers are #evaluated by the #number of studies they #publish in #peer-#reviewed journals and by the number of times these papers are #cited by other colleagues.

    The well-intentioned mechanism, however, has produced adverse effects, as explained by the British engineer Nick Wise, a researcher at Cambridge University who, in his spare time, seeks out fraud in science.

    Wise has uncovered shady “#factories of scientific studies,” produced by #copying and #pasting other studies or by automatic #text #generators, and whose authorship is secretly #sold for hundreds or thousands of dollars to inflate resumes.

    “I found a study by Rafael Luque whose authorship had previously been offered in a group on [the messaging platform] #Telegram,” Wise said

    english.elpais.com/science-tec