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Stanford University President, Dr. Marc Tessier-Lavigne, has resigned after a university investigation found that he had fostered an environment that led to "unusual frequency of manipulation of research data and/or substandard scientific practices" across labs at multiple institutions.The review focused on five major papers for which he was listed as a principal author, finding evidence of manipulation of research data in four of them and a lack of scientific rigor in the fifth, a famous study that he said would "turn our current understanding of Alzheimer's on its head."The Stanford investigation did not find that Dr. Tessier-Lavigne personally altered data or pasted pieces of experimental images together. Instead, it found that he had presided over a lab culture that "tended to reward the 'winners' (that is, postdocs who could generate favorable results) and marginalize or diminish the 'losers' (that is, postdocs who were unable or struggled to generate such data)."A cynical Soylentil might see Dr. Tessier-Lavigne in much the same way as Al Capone who was only found guilty of tax evasion. Who benefited from falsification "across labs at multiple institutions"? It's well past time to put the scientists back in science and rethink the funding system that rewards the bullshitters.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

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hubie writes:Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have shown that it can be cheaper to run heavy goods vehicles on electricity than on diesel:

This is a summary report from the SoylentNews PBC meeting of Monday, July 31, 2023. An IRC log of the full text of the meeting (from channel #meeting) is available, as well as a log of the related discussion (IRC log of #meeting-discuss channel).[Ed. note: the # sign gives problems so here they are in plain text, feel free to left click and open in a new window]

upstart writes:Vendors knew all about it, but most customers were clueless:

hubie writes:Robots and Rights: Confucianism Offers Alternative:

upstart writes:ESA awards contract for demo of plane-tracking satellites:

upstart writes:Robots-and then humans-are going back to the lunar surface. Here's what they'll be doing:

upstart writes:Does Intel need the money?

upstart writes:Ivanti rushes to patch zero-day used to breach Norway's government:

Greetings, Soylentils!I am told by those who know, that 75% of the posters here are still from theoriginal group of people that formed the community when we left Slashdot andcreated Soylent News. So some of you may remember me (Audioguy, #25) from thattime.Newer people may not know me, as I tend to be pretty quiet most of the time.Mostly I just read the news articles, and quietly do bits of sysadmin work inthe background to keep the site up.Only when I feel the core values of our community project are in danger, or itsvery existence is threatened, do I come out very publicly, and at such times Ican be QUITE vocal.Now is such a time.I am about to do something which would not only have been uncontroversial, butnormal here until the last six months. In the present climate it will probablypiss a few people off.I am going to update the community on exactly what has been going on behind thescenes here.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

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upstart writes:A sailor and his dog found after months stranded in the Pacific:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/twitter-took-x-handle-from-longtime-user-and-only-offered-him-some-merch/

upstart writes:Ironically, despite America's Cold War fears of being nuked by the Soviet Union, the only government that ever nuked us (and nuked us quite a bit) was our own:

owl writes:https://newart.press/p/photocopiers-terrified-the-publishing

upstart writes:Adverts said Onavo Protect user data would be kept a secret - just didn't say from whom:

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owl writes:https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/

ElizabethGreene writes:From Hackaday:

upstart writes:The Overture Maps Foundation took info from Microsoft, Meta, and more to help more developers create a new wave of map apps:

The date, time, and place for the upcoming SoylentNews PBC meeting mentioned in a previous meta post from Tuesday, July 25th were announced today:

upstart writes:NASA briefly lost contact with International Space Station after power outage:

upstart writes:Teen Wins Scholarship for His Glaucoma-Detection Device:

mendax writes:Ars recently published a story that goes in-depth into the alleged dinosaurs of the computing world, the lowly IBM mainframe computer:

sonamchauhan writes:A paper uploaded to the Arxiv preprint repository claims South Korean scientists have created the world's first room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor. The superconducting material, dubbed 'LK-99', is synthesized in a fairly simple manner from lead-apatite. As yet, there seems to be no independent verification of the claims of their paper.See also:

liar and Isia wrote in with the same story:Companies are willing to make their products less reliable, less attractive, less safe and less resilient in pursuit of rents.

upstart writes:Ubisoft will delete your account, along with your game library, if it's inactive for too long:

hubie writes:Although the two types of training produce similar metabolic stress, muscle activation is different:

upstart writes:Thousands of Chromebooks Are 'Expiring,' Forcing Schools to Toss Them Out:

upstart writes:Scientists are trying to give AI human brains, quite literally:

upstart writes:We use technology in work more than ever before, but it isn't making us more productive:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/ready-for-your-eye-scan-worldcoin-launches-but-not-quite-worldwide/

fliptop writes:A federal judge ruled on Friday that Arizona's law limiting how close people can get to recording law enforcement is unconstitutional:

upstart writes:Researchers have created an edible power resource that could boost healthcare and help preserve the environment:

upstart writes:AMD is considering broadening chip production suppliers as it believes it is too reliant on semiconductor giant TSMC and this places the supply chain at risk of disruption:

upstart writes:Last year, we made an intriguing discovery-a radio signal in space that switched on and off every 18 minutes:

upstart writes:From package signing to SBOMs to new developer toolchains, the pieces for securing the software supply chain are starting to come together:

I wanted to post a reminder to the community that the SoylentNews PBC has it's upcoming meeting at the end of July on the 31st ( specific time tbd ). I believe that this event is the continuation and result of a very hard push by myself and others to bring about necessary changes to the management and structure of SoylentNews.The upcoming meeting will be to nominate one or more qualified candidates to serve on the Board. The PBC exists to define what and how SoylentNews will be and to enforce that vision. Ultimately the Board is responsible for the high-level oversight that ensures the bylaws are fulfilled. The purpose of the expansion is to include more voices from the community so they will be directly represented in the decision making effecting the community. The next meeting will be held over IRC and will be answering and addressing your questions and concerns from any of the comments posted in this article.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

hubie writes:Plants remove cancer causing toxins from air:

upstart writes:Amazon is asking some employees to move closer to its Seattle headquarters and other hubs around the country, as part of its requirement for corporate and tech workers to be in the office three days a week:

upstart writes:Greenland has greener history than previously thought:

upstart writes:Nations aim to ink deep sea mining rules by 2025:

upstart writes:After a 10-year hiatus, the 31st century comedy arrives July 24th with 10 new episodes:

upstart writes:Sick of hearing about record heat? Scientists say those numbers paint the story of a warming world:

upstart writes:Apple Tries to Explain to U.K. Legislators That You Can't Add Back Doors to Secure Protocols:

upstart writes:NASA's unprecedented asteroid experiment is still churning out results:

upstart writes:It's still early days for AI in health care, but already racial bias has been found in some of the tools:

owl writes:https://arcadeblogger.com/2023/07/22/environmental-discs-of-tron-roadside-pickup/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/tsmc-delays-us-chip-fab-opening-says-us-talent-is-insufficient/