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You can read about CRISPR, dicrimination in working life, fake scientific articles, and much more:

Fraud and the restoration of science in the 1830s

Fraud and manipulation, big data challenges and the decline of science. None of this is new. These issues were already on the agenda in the UK in the 1830s.

Controversial genetic method used in Norway

Gene editing using CRISPR is much debated globally but used in several projects in Norway. - This is not a single method, says researcher Dorothy Dankel, comparing its diversity to surgery.

When discrimination became a fact

"The study was a game changer which showed that discrimination in working life exists", says researcher Arnfinn H. Midtbøen. But the fictitious job applications that had to be made raised some ethical issues.

Fighting paper mills

A Chinese «paper mill» has produced at least 400 scientific articles to order. A Norwegian researcher was central to the discovery.

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