Whether it's global warming to 9/11 and everything in between, you can $imply no longer believe the $cientists.
"Journal retracts fatigue study" December 23, 2011|By Malcolm Ritter
NEW YORK - A prestigious scientific journal is retracting a controversial 2009 report that linked chronic fatigue syndrome to a virus.
In an unusual move, the journal Science is taking that step on its own. Normally, authors retract their own research papers when serious problems arise after publication.
But Science has lost confidence in the report and the validity of its conclusions, editor-in-chief Bruce Alberts writes in today’s issue....
Followup studies found no evidence of such a link. Last May Science published two reports suggesting the original finding was due to lab contamination. At the time, Alberts published a statement declaring that the validity of the study was in question. Then, in September, the authors retracted some of the data, citing contamination.
In his statement on the full retraction, Alberts said the authors had also acknowledged omitting important information about the study’s procedures in an illustration of some lab results....
My newspaper does it all the time.
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Good night.
Update: Scientists shake up studies; the results could intoxicate
Funny; I feel like I have a hangover after reading the Globe.