The trenchant views of two eminent researchers miscited in the MAHA report:

In case you're intrested in where The BMJ stands on Presidential Executive Orders banning certain language from reseatch communications @KamranAbbasi @jocalynclark.

Scary to see this, whether it is unneeded over-reaction or appropriate obeisance to the new US administration.

RT @peerrevcongress: The PRC10 Abstract submission site is now open!. Submit by Jan 31, 2025 at . Abstracts that re….

Twenty years of image manipulation screening has got us . where? @mike_rossner reflects.

Fascinating move here by dating app Grindr, hiring Tom Daschle’s firm to lobby on HIV prevention and IVF. The politicisation of personal choice is in full swing across the Atlantic! via @statnews.

Frustrating to rad my colleague @Abi_Rimmer 's experience navigating breastfeeding through cancer treatment. Years ago leaflets from NCT and others that said keep breastfeeding whatever happens to you: where is their practical support when needed?

I rather like this idea of trying out a 'bug bounty' for those who find errors in published papers. Might it reverse the tendency to keep quiet about errors found, and reward professional error spotters?

Very disappointing to see that Nature published Google DeepMind's protein folding paper with fanfare but without requiring code availability

Lovely piece from Holden Thorp. Its somehow surprising that it still needs saying among scientists that *all* diversity is beneficial to the group endeavour.

RT @bmj_latest: Our new policy for research published by The BMJ requires authors to share analytic codes from all studies and data from al….

Is silent outcome switching in clinical trials a form of research misconduct or just bad practice. Interesting and nuanced response from UKRIO ("it depends")

COVID’s preprint bump set to have lasting effect on research publishing , says Nature piece based on a survey published in @thePeerJ

Can't work out whether to be pleased at this 'movement' or depressed that it is still required in the 2020s

Do conflicts of interests matter when scientists and journalists talk about issues like ultra-processed foods? (TL;DR: I believe they do)

Find out more about @medrxivpreprint and @biorxivpreprint on all the socials now:

You publish no articles for months and then two come along at once. Delighted to share this piece written with @MargaretWinker @DrSandersanOnie and James Tumwine on the future for #openscience, for @TheLancet.200th anniversary (free; registration needed)

Happy to reminisce on 20 years of @plosbiology with @Hemaisphere and @GanleyEmma: Kudos to the team past and present!.

An ethical framework for human embryology with embryo models: when does a blob of cells become an embryo? Cell

RT @KamranAbbasi: We will not be covering the new NHS workforce plan at @bmj_latest until it’s available. All we’ve seen is a press release….