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AI will soon be able to audit all published research – what will that mean for public trust in science?
When problems like this are uncovered, they can make their way into public conversations, where they are not necessarily perceived as triumphant acts of self-correction. Rather, they may be taken as ...
Science retracts NASA arsenic bacteria paper after years of controversy
NASA's 2010 arsenic life claim, which the journal Science is finally retracting in 2025, highlights the complexities of ...
The Abbotsford News3d
B.C. study on alcohol research looks to shine light on research distortion
A study led by by the University of Victoria’s Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR) looks to shine a light ...
The Journalist's Resource3d
Study reveals stark divide in how Democrats and Republicans cite science
Analysis of U.S. policy documents reveals very little overlap in the science that Democrats and Republicans cite, deepening ...
AI in universities: How large language models are transforming research
Generative AI, especially large language models (LLMs), present exciting and unprecedented opportunities and complex ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education3d
These Scholarly Topics Are Hotly Debated. So Why Don’t Syllabi Reflect That?
Using a database of syllabi scraped from college websites in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, ...
University of Cambridge5d
How will AI change the way we conduct scientific research?
How might AI change the way we advance human knowledge? Could it change how universities like Cambridge carry out one of their core functions: research? Could AI be a technological transformation ...