science publishing
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Sketchy Science Journal Publishes Article Titled ‘What’s The Deal With Birds?’
This past week, assistant zoology professor Daniel Baldassarre at SUNY Oswego published a paper in a supposedly scientific journal with the following abstract:
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Fake Research Paper Based On Star Trek: Voyager’s Worst Episode Was Published By A Scientific Journal
“Threshold” is one of the most infamous Star Trek episodes ever. You know what’ we’re talking about – the one with Warp 10 and the weird evolved amphibians. Well, it was also the recent subject of a fake scientific research paper submitted in a test to expose the ever-growing problem of
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This Browser Extension Will Help You Read Paywalled Science Papers For Free
Probably the suckiest thing about science is the fact that lots of the time you can’t read the research yourself. If it isn’t open access and you’re interested, either you shell out $46 for a pdf, email someone asking for it, or settle with listening to some dummy like me interpret the results peppered with…