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Interview - Elisabeth Bik, Science Detective

Interview - Elisabeth Bik, Science Detective

FromThe Body of Evidence


Interview - Elisabeth Bik, Science Detective

FromThe Body of Evidence

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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Jun 21, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Jonathan and Chris interview Dr. Elisabeth Bik, a science detective who has dedicated herself to identifying and reporting image duplications in the scientific literature that can be due to errors… or to fraud. This interview is part of a continuing series on bad science, including the special “Science Is a Human Enterprise” (part 1 and part 2) and the interview with Dr. Brian Nosek.   1:16 How Dr. Bik became a science detective 3:28 Duplications 10:43 Music or no music? 11:10 Screening 20,000 papers for duplications 16:38 Speed versus accuracy in the age of COVID 17:41 The failures of peer review 21:37 Dr. Bik’s frustration 24:55 Justice League versus Paper Mill 34:33 Make a wish for a healthier science 39:27 Dr. Bik’s drinking game 43:02 How fraudsters may cheat automation in the future 46:05 Will the cockroaches scare the public?   * Theme music: "Troll of the Mountain Swing" by the Underscore Orkestra.   To contribute to The Body of Evidence, go to our Patreon page at: http://www.patreon.com/thebodyofevidence/.     Links: 1) Dr. Bik’s paper on screening 20,000 articles for duplications: https://mbio.asm.org/content/7/3/e00809-16 2) Dr. Bik on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MicrobiomDigest 3) Dr. Bik’s website: https://scienceintegritydigest.com/ 4) PubPeer: https://pubpeer.com/
Released:
Jun 21, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (95)

Vaping, dieting, seeing a chiropractor, taking omega-3 supplements… so many decisions to make, so much misinformation. Dr. Christopher Labos and Jonathan Jarry look at the body of evidence on these topics to tell you what’s solid, what’s iffy… and what’s crapola. The jingles, comedy, and bickering help the medicine go down.