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SciShow
These Are The Worst Research Papers Of All Time
It's no secret that some people are bad at their jobs. But when those people are scientists, and their jobs are to publish papers about their work, well... Sometimes, bad papers hit the presses. These are a few stories about...
SciShow
The Poison Squads: The Stupid, Risky First Food Safety Tests
It can be easy to take for granted the fact that there isn’t formaldehyde in your milk.
Crash Course
Eugenics and Francis Galton: Crash Course History of Science
After Darwin blew the doors off the scientific community, a lot of people did some weird and unscientific stuff with his ideas. Francis Galton and a few others decided natural selection could be used to make the human race "better" and...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: If Science Takes a Wrong Turn, Who Rights It?
What happens when scientists make mistakes, as in bad science, scientific fraud, misrepresentation, and outright lying? Sometimes the results, despite being debunked or retracted, continue to circulate and be cited by others. Aired Aug....
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: What Happens When Scientists Get It Wrong?
Scientists published a study in 2010 that claimed they had discovered an alien bacterium that could create its own DNA with arsenic. Other scientists were skeptical and tried to duplicate their results, without success. In this podcast,...