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Inside the Bizarre Publishing Ring That Linked 5G to Coronavirus

Inside the Bizarre Publishing Ring That Linked 5G to Coronavirus

From black holes at the Earth's center to decapitated quails, a group of scientists-some working for a journal from a major publisher-are prolifically publishing pseudoscience.

The Move to Online College is Hitting Adjunct Professors the Hardest

The Move to Online College is Hitting Adjunct Professors the Hardest

Non-tenure track faculty at community and city colleges across the country told Motherboard they have not received sufficient pay, training, or equipment to teach classes online-and the consequences could be devastating for students.

Investing $2 Billion in a Climate Disaster Mitigation Fund

Investing $2 Billion in a Climate Disaster Mitigation Fund

In its new federal budget, Canada invests in machine learning and teaching kids to code, but offers no real plan for how to address workplace automation.

Anonymous Internet Vigilantes Are Taking it Into Their Own Hands

Anonymous Internet Vigilantes Are Taking it Into Their Own Hands

PubPeer users went from discussing papers to hunting down fraud—and have embroiled the site in the most important internet privacy case you've never heard of.

The Unknown, Poorly Paid Labor Force Powering Academic Research

The Unknown, Poorly Paid Labor Force Powering Academic Research

Researchers are increasingly relying on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk and its crowdsourced labor.