Mistakes, fakes, and a giant rat penis: why are so many science papers being retracted?

A record 10,000 research papers were retracted in 2023. To find out
what’s driving this trend, Ian Sample speaks to Ivan Oransky, whose
organisation Retraction Watch has been monitoring the growing
numbers of retractions for more than a decade, and hears from
blogger Sholto David, who recently made headlines when he spotted
mistakes in research from a leading US cancer institute.. Help
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