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How Did Those STAP Stem Cell Papers Get Accepted In the First Place?

bmahersciwriter writes The news team at the scientific journal Nature turns its investigative power on the journal itself. The goal: to try and understand how two papers that made extraordinary claims about a new way to create stem cells managed to get published despite some obvious errors and a paucity of solid evidence. The saga behind these so-called STAP cells is engaging, but sadly reminiscent of so many other scientific controversies.

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  1. Re:The same way many global warming papers got pub by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    (different AC)

    I was more worried about the pee reviewers ,,,