science scandals
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King Tut Sculpture Sells For $8.5 Million At Auction Despite Ownership Controversy
A 3300-year-old sculpture of Tutankhamun’s head has been auctioned off at Christie’s for $8.5 Million, despite claims from the Egyptian government that the relic was stolen.
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Report: Nobel Prize-Winning Biologist Knew About Gene-Edited Babies For Months But Kept Quiet
The Associated Press reports that Nobel laureate and biologist Craig Mello was aware of a pregnancy in China involving gene-edited babies for months before the news went public. That a prominent scientist knew of this highly unethical work but chose to remain silent is a serious cause for concern, and a sign that the culture…
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Widely-Reported Study On Fish And Microbeads Might Have Been Faked
A headline-grabbing study published in Science last year that warned about the effects of plastic microbeads on larval fish is on the verge of being retracted. In a case involving missing data, shoddy research methods, and outright fabrication, it’s one of the most egregious examples of scientific fraud we’ve seen in quite some time, and…
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French Drug Trial Leaves One ‘Brain Dead’ And Five Hospitalised
A clinical trial of a drug in France has left one person in a coma and five others critically ill. In response, the French health ministry has put a halt to the trials in what it describes as “a serious accident”.