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Why Most Published Research Findings Are False
There is increasing concern that most current published research findings are false.
The probability that a research claim is true may depend on study...
Peer Review: The Worst Way to Judge Research, Except for All the Others
A look at the system’s weaknesses, and possible ways to combat them.
Even before the recent news that a group of researchers managed to get several ridiculous...
Peer review: a flawed process at the heart of science and journals
Peer review is at the heart of the processes of not just medical journals but of all of science.
It is the method by...
Canada takes a wrong turn after a flawed paper induces moral panic about youth vaping and smoking
In June 2019, an influential and well-respected research group published a paper in the BMJ showing both a sharp rise in youth vaping in...
Studies confirm that vaping has not caused an increase in youth smoking rates
The study, “Prevalence of vaping and smoking among adolescents in Canada, England, and the United States: repeat national cross sectional surveys,” published in The...
