Dalmeet Singh Chawla is a freelance science journalist based in London. Retractions can have profound effects on researchers’ careers, sometimes in unexpected ways, a study that tracked the career ...

RSV is the leading cause of infant hospitalization in the U.S.• Health officials urge vaccination for pregnant women, seniors ...

The large language model–based chatbot ChatGPT fails to highlight the validity concerns with scientific papers that have been retracted or have been the subject of other editorial notices, according ...

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) will soon introduce negative marking for certain research-related lapses, including retracted papers and citations of tainted research. The ...

Since childhood I have retained a quaint and somewhat naïve picture of the “scientist”, a breed I have always thought heroic. I picture a slightly socially awkward man or woman of uncommon genius and ...