#scienceethics — Public Fediverse posts
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#Kolumne
In der Theorie sollen wir nur nach Qualität und Relevanz zitieren – in der Praxis sieht es anders aus: Eine PLOS-ONE-Studie zeigt, dass Forschende nach Vorwürfen sexuellen Fehlverhaltens einen deutlich stärkeren Zitationsverlust erleiden als nach Vorwürfen wissenschaftlichen Fehlverhaltens. Schlägt Moral die Wissenschaft?Zum Laborjournal-Editorial: https://www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3437.php
#Laborjournal #LifeSciences #ResearchIntegrity #ScienceEthics #Zitierverhalten #AcademicIntegrity #SciComm
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What to do if your idea is plagiarized? Nature advises careful documentation, open communication with publishers, and seeking institutional support.
🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04165-3
#Plagiarism #ResearchIntegrity #ScienceEthics #EarlyCareerResearcher #AcademicAdvice
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Genetic researchers once pledged families that data from the NIH’s Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study would be locked down—so much so they even used a cartoon child saying it felt safe. Instead, a fringe group slipped past safeguards, accessed raw records from thousands of kids and went on to publish 16 papers claiming race‑linked IQ gaps and economic stereotypes, cloaking biased claims in scientific jargon. Mainstream scientists reject the work as junk, yet it reveals how easily protected data can be weaponized. Read the full story: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/children-genetics-race-science.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HFA.FJJn.RXHfbG-xZ_cd&smid=nytcore-android-share #ScienceEthics #DataPrivacy #Racism #genetics
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Scientists are proposing a "guided evolution" plan to help our native species fight back against invaders like rabbits & cane toads.
The idea? Use selective breeding or genetic tools to speed up the development of defensive traits in vulnerable native animals within just a few generations.
It raises huge ethical questions, but also highlights the desperate need for new solutions. Our current methods are often failing, and our unique ecosystems are paying the price.#AusConservation #InvasiveSpecies #AustralianWildlife #Biodiversity #ScienceEthics #Nature #OzSci
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A billion-dollar drug was discovered in soil samples from Easter Island decades ago, but the question remains — what do scientists and pharmaceutical companies owe the Indigenous Rapa Nui people whose land and knowledge were drawn upon?
This case highlights the urgent need for fair benefit sharing, ethical research practices, and genuine respect for Indigenous sovereignty when global industries profit from local resources.#indigenousrights #scienceethics #bioprospecting #rapanui #rapamycin #multinationals #bigpharma
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A billion-dollar drug was discovered in soil samples from Easter Island decades ago, but the question remains — what do scientists and pharmaceutical companies owe the Indigenous Rapa Nui people whose land and knowledge were drawn upon?
This case highlights the urgent need for fair benefit sharing, ethical research practices, and genuine respect for Indigenous sovereignty when global industries profit from local resources.#indigenousrights #scienceethics #bioprospecting #rapanui #rapamycin #multinationals #bigpharma
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A billion-dollar drug was discovered in soil samples from Easter Island decades ago, but the question remains — what do scientists and pharmaceutical companies owe the Indigenous Rapa Nui people whose land and knowledge were drawn upon?
This case highlights the urgent need for fair benefit sharing, ethical research practices, and genuine respect for Indigenous sovereignty when global industries profit from local resources.#indigenousrights #scienceethics #bioprospecting #rapanui #rapamycin #multinationals #bigpharma
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A billion-dollar drug was discovered in soil samples from Easter Island decades ago, but the question remains — what do scientists and pharmaceutical companies owe the Indigenous Rapa Nui people whose land and knowledge were drawn upon?
This case highlights the urgent need for fair benefit sharing, ethical research practices, and genuine respect for Indigenous sovereignty when global industries profit from local resources.#indigenousrights #scienceethics #bioprospecting #rapanui #rapamycin #multinationals #bigpharma
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A billion-dollar drug was discovered in soil samples from Easter Island decades ago, but the question remains — what do scientists and pharmaceutical companies owe the Indigenous Rapa Nui people whose land and knowledge were drawn upon?
This case highlights the urgent need for fair benefit sharing, ethical research practices, and genuine respect for Indigenous sovereignty when global industries profit from local resources.#indigenousrights #scienceethics #bioprospecting #rapanui #rapamycin #multinationals #bigpharma
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As a journalist, professor, and researcher, I have a firm commitment to truth, transparency, and ethics. Our duty and responsibility as researchers and journalism educators is even greater than that of the rest of the scientific community in combating malpractice and corruption.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2420092122
#ScienceEthics #Transparency #AcademicIntegrity #ScientificCorruption #ScientificRigor
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As a journalist, professor, and researcher, I have a firm commitment to truth, transparency, and ethics. Our duty and responsibility as researchers and journalism educators is even greater than that of the rest of the scientific community in combating malpractice and corruption.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2420092122
#ScienceEthics #Transparency #AcademicIntegrity #ScientificCorruption #ScientificRigor
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As a journalist, professor, and researcher, I have a firm commitment to truth, transparency, and ethics. Our duty and responsibility as researchers and journalism educators is even greater than that of the rest of the scientific community in combating malpractice and corruption.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2420092122
#ScienceEthics #Transparency #AcademicIntegrity #ScientificCorruption #ScientificRigor
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As a journalist, professor, and researcher, I have a firm commitment to truth, transparency, and ethics. Our duty and responsibility as researchers and journalism educators is even greater than that of the rest of the scientific community in combating malpractice and corruption.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2420092122
#ScienceEthics #Transparency #AcademicIntegrity #ScientificCorruption #ScientificRigor
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From #RetractionWatch: "‘Anyone can do this’: Sleuths publish a #toolkit for post-publication review"
#Science #Ethics #ScienceEthics
https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/04/cosig-sleuths-publish-toolkit-post-publication-review/
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Bringing back the dire wolf: Scientific marvel or playing god? The de-extinction debate rages on. #ScienceEthics #TrendingNow #Genius #Viral #TellMeMore #ICYMI https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/dire-wolf-extinction-brought-back-colossal-biosciences-b2729237.html
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Bringing back the dire wolf: Scientific marvel or playing god? The de-extinction debate rages on. #ScienceEthics #TrendingNow #Genius #Viral #TellMeMore #ICYMI https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/dire-wolf-extinction-brought-back-colossal-biosciences-b2729237.html
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Bringing back the dire wolf: Scientific marvel or playing god? The de-extinction debate rages on. #ScienceEthics #TrendingNow #Genius #Viral #TellMeMore #ICYMI https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/dire-wolf-extinction-brought-back-colossal-biosciences-b2729237.html
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Bringing back the dire wolf: Scientific marvel or playing god? The de-extinction debate rages on. #ScienceEthics #TrendingNow #Genius #Viral #TellMeMore #ICYMI https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/dire-wolf-extinction-brought-back-colossal-biosciences-b2729237.html
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Bringing back the dire wolf: Scientific marvel or playing god? The de-extinction debate rages on. #ScienceEthics #TrendingNow #Genius #Viral #TellMeMore #ICYMI https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/dire-wolf-extinction-brought-back-colossal-biosciences-b2729237.html
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"Blood-mind boundary"? Science gone wrong! 🚨 Our new #preprint uncovers 13 bizarre "tortured phrases" replacing blood-brain barrier (BBB) in 140+ papers.
📄 https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5131445
Auto-paraphrasing & poor review processes are polluting research! 🗑️
#AcademicIntegrity #TorturedPhrases #ScienceEthics #ResearchMisconduct
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@allochthonous yes, I also observe this regularly, and these uncorrect citations spread. Makes me desperate about the state of science, or more specifically about higher science education : how to cite properly should be part of any masters and doctorate programme, and especially PhD Nd post-doc supervisors have the responsability to check the refs their students cite and teach them how to do it correctly.
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What happens when the people you work for ask you do something illegal?
"That our company was now in the business of doing process development on MDMA, a category 1 controlled substance (for which we did not have the permits) and this was being done covertly by our CEO with his own hands came as rude shock to everyone in the chemistry lab. If somebody else tried to pull this stunt, we would be talking to the company management that very minute and have him arrested. But in this case, the whole two-man top management team of our little company was involved in it."
From https://orgprepdaily.wordpress.com/2017/08/21/breakin-bad-in-florida-1/
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A growing body of research supports that insects and other animals possess consciousness, challenging long-held assumptions about the uniqueness of human awareness. From bees making decisions to octopuses solving puzzles, the evidence reshapes how we view the animal kingdom. #Consciousness #AnimalBehavior #ScienceEthics
https://www.quantamagazine.org/insects-and-other-animals-have-consciousness-experts-declare-20240419/ -
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[7] Else, H., 2024. ‘Systematic reviews’ that aim to extract broad conclusions from many studies are in peril. Science 386 (6725), 955. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.zpnivp6
[8] Berrío, J.P., Kalliokoski, O., 2024. Fraudulent studies are undermining the reliability of systematic reviews – A study of the prevalence of problematic images in preclinical studies of depression. bioRxiv 580196+. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.13.580196
#DOI #science #ScienceEthics #epistemology #bias #ResearchIntegrity
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Experts in #ResearchIntegrity and #AcademicPublishing raise alarms over the growing risk of #AI-generated data fabrication in science. How can we ensure the credibility of research in the age of #GenerativeAI? 🤖🔬 #ScienceEthics #AIethics #DataIntegrity #AcademicResearch
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Short cuts were taken. Compromises were made. Result? Broken commitments.
Imagine how often this type of organizational behavior occurs without our ever hearing about it.
#ethics #ScienceEthics #MedicalEthics #OrganizationalCulture #HumanGenomehttps://undark.org/2024/07/09/informed-consent-human-genome-project/
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Two different examples of how #ScienceEthics seems to remain an overly neglected fundamental core of #science and its numerous implications in the real world
- a Retraction Watch comment noted by @olaf_brandt
(https://openbiblio.social/@olaf_brandt/112632997938510787 )- a debate-sparking contribution by Chris Said, noted by @petersuber
(https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/112667386038610588 )https://chris-said.io/2024/06/17/the-case-for-criminalizing-scientific-misconduct/
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📢 NEW STATEMENT ALERT!
In conjunction with #ScienceEducationDay, ALLEA released a statement on how we can shape a scientifically literate and #ethical society.
The statement advocates for expanding early science education curricula to include both #NatureOfScience & #researchethics pedagogies on how to do that.
Find the full statement 👉https://allea.org/portfolio-item/allea-statement-on-shaping-a-scientifically-literate-society/
#ScienceEducationDay, #ScienceEthics, #ResearchEthics, #ScienceEducation, #ScientificLiteracy, #EarlyEducation, #PrimaryEducation
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📢 NEW STATEMENT ALERT!
In conjunction with #ScienceEducationDay, ALLEA released a statement on how we can shape a scientifically literate and #ethical society.
The statement advocates for expanding early science education curricula to include both #NatureOfScience & #researchethics pedagogies on how to do that.
Find the full statement 👉https://allea.org/portfolio-item/allea-statement-on-shaping-a-scientifically-literate-society/
#ScienceEducationDay, #ScienceEthics, #ResearchEthics, #ScienceEducation, #ScientificLiteracy, #EarlyEducation, #PrimaryEducation
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📢 NEW STATEMENT ALERT!
In conjunction with #ScienceEducationDay, ALLEA released a statement on how we can shape a scientifically literate and #ethical society.
The statement advocates for expanding early science education curricula to include both #NatureOfScience & #researchethics pedagogies on how to do that.
Find the full statement 👉https://allea.org/portfolio-item/allea-statement-on-shaping-a-scientifically-literate-society/
#ScienceEducationDay, #ScienceEthics, #ResearchEthics, #ScienceEducation, #ScientificLiteracy, #EarlyEducation, #PrimaryEducation
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📢 NEW STATEMENT ALERT!
In conjunction with #ScienceEducationDay, ALLEA released a statement on how we can shape a scientifically literate and #ethical society.
The statement advocates for expanding early science education curricula to include both #NatureOfScience & #researchethics pedagogies on how to do that.
Find the full statement 👉https://allea.org/portfolio-item/allea-statement-on-shaping-a-scientifically-literate-society/
#ScienceEducationDay, #ScienceEthics, #ResearchEthics, #ScienceEducation, #ScientificLiteracy, #EarlyEducation, #PrimaryEducation
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📢 NEW STATEMENT ALERT!
In conjunction with #ScienceEducationDay, ALLEA released a statement on how we can shape a scientifically literate and #ethical society.
The statement advocates for expanding early science education curricula to include both #NatureOfScience & #researchethics pedagogies on how to do that.
Find the full statement 👉https://allea.org/portfolio-item/allea-statement-on-shaping-a-scientifically-literate-society/
#ScienceEducationDay, #ScienceEthics, #ResearchEthics, #ScienceEducation, #ScientificLiteracy, #EarlyEducation, #PrimaryEducation
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#Science #ScienceLimits #ScienceEthics #ScienceResearchLimits #PsychologyResearchLimits #Neurology #CognitiveScience #MedicalResearchLimits #CommercialResearchLimits
Wondering what the research limits that you'd hold yourself too are.
If the research you were doing carried a high risk of causing harm would you continue?
Do you have an obligation to be adequately informed about how your research could cause harm?
Or is that someone ele's problem?https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/16/abortion-pills-week-in-patriarchy-arwa-mahdawi
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#Science #ScienceLimits #ScienceEthics #ScienceResearchLimits #PsychologyResearchLimits #Neurology #CognitiveScience #MedicalResearchLimits #CommercialResearchLimits
Wondering what the research limits that you'd hold yourself too are.
If the research you were doing carried a high risk of causing harm would you continue?
Do you have an obligation to be adequately informed about how your research could cause harm?
Or is that someone ele's problem?https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/16/abortion-pills-week-in-patriarchy-arwa-mahdawi
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#Science #ScienceLimits #ScienceEthics #ScienceResearchLimits #PsychologyResearchLimits #Neurology #CognitiveScience #MedicalResearchLimits #CommercialResearchLimits
Wondering what the research limits that you'd hold yourself too are.
If the research you were doing carried a high risk of causing harm would you continue?
Do you have an obligation to be adequately informed about how your research could cause harm?
Or is that someone ele's problem?https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/16/abortion-pills-week-in-patriarchy-arwa-mahdawi
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#Science #ScienceLimits #ScienceEthics #ScienceResearchLimits #PsychologyResearchLimits #Neurology #CognitiveScience #MedicalResearchLimits #CommercialResearchLimits
Wondering what the research limits that you'd hold yourself too are.
If the research you were doing carried a high risk of causing harm would you continue?
Do you have an obligation to be adequately informed about how your research could cause harm?
Or is that someone ele's problem?https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/16/abortion-pills-week-in-patriarchy-arwa-mahdawi
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#Science #ScienceLimits #ScienceEthics #ScienceResearchLimits #PsychologyResearchLimits #Neurology #CognitiveScience #MedicalResearchLimits #CommercialResearchLimits
Wondering what the research limits that you'd hold yourself too are.
If the research you were doing carried a high risk of causing harm would you continue?
Do you have an obligation to be adequately informed about how your research could cause harm?
Or is that someone ele's problem?https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/16/abortion-pills-week-in-patriarchy-arwa-mahdawi
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@HarryLeRoy You make a good point, and it would be wrong of me to say there’s an easy straightforward answer to this issue.
I guess if I gave it a shot (#IANAL ), I’d say the line would be drawn at:
-It is part of your body
-It’s taken from you unwillingly (as in, you needed to have something removed for a medically necessary reason but otherwise wouldn’t have parted with it)
-It is taken from you knowingly, and the person taking it from you knows where the material came from
-It is investigated specifically to find some beneficial or profitable use for it
-A discovered use is monetized, and the source person (since it is known who they are) is intentionally excluded from sharing in that profit -
@HarryLeRoy You make a good point, and it would be wrong of me to say there’s an easy straightforward answer to this issue.
I guess if I gave it a shot (#IANAL ), I’d say the line would be drawn at:
-It is part of your body
-It’s taken from you unwillingly (as in, you needed to have something removed for a medically necessary reason but otherwise wouldn’t have parted with it)
-It is taken from you knowingly, and the person taking it from you knows where the material came from
-It is investigated specifically to find some beneficial or profitable use for it
-A discovered use is monetized, and the source person (since it is known who they are) is intentionally excluded from sharing in that profit -
A great development for the family of #HenriettaLacks, as far as I’m aware this is the first time they have received compensation for the theft of her cells in the 1950’s.
Beyond the obvious #racist mistreatment and exploitation of a Black woman, the story of #HeLa raises very critical (and unresolved) questions about ownership and rights to your own “medical waste,” as it’s called.
Companies have made billions using her HeLa cells for #biomedical research, including the development of vaccines and production of biological drugs. (Even I’ve used HeLa cells in my career, not then knowing Henrietta’s story I’m embarrassed to say). But monetization of medical waste happens to this day, and the law doesn’t currently entitle you to a share of that money. It’s a glaring problem that needs legislation to address.
Read the book about her, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” it’s well worth your time.
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1191283359/henrietta-lacks-descendants-settlement-stolen-cells
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Check out our paper, "Ten simple rules for socially responsible science" in @PLOSCompBiol, and please share!
https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010954
#SociallyResponsibleScience #ScienceResponsibility #ScienceEthics
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> The critics’ worst fears about carcinogenic gut bacteria did not pan out, but the notion that scientists could set their own guardrails would have long-lasting consequences. The recommendations drawn up by the delegates to the Asilomar conference became the basis for the NIH guidelines on recombinant DNA that, with some revisions, are still in place today.
https://theintercept.com/2022/11/01/pandemic-1918-flu-virus-biosafety/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
#SpainFlu #Pandemic #PathogenResearch #ScienceEthics #WhatCouldGoWrong?