Astronomy Cast Ep. 774: How Does Bad Science Happen?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2kddFmnF5o


Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay.


Streamed live on Nov 8, 2025.


Scientific expertise is under attack on all fronts with concerns
coming from politicians and the public. While most of this is
unwarranted and politically motivated, there can be germ of
truth. Bad science does happen, but how? How is it that papers
that very few believe still make it through peer review and to
publication? Why do professors at prominent universities get
quoted saying things that seem to be fiction? In this episode, we
consider the case for letting potentially impossible things make
it to publication. 


 


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Brian Cagle, Burry Gowen, David, David Rossetter, Ed, Gerhard
Schwarzer, Jason Kwong, Jeanette Wink, Michael Purcell, Sergey
Manouilov, Siggi Kemmler, Sérgio Sancevero


 


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