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After 10 years together, has sun set on Trinny and Saatchi’s romance? ALISON BOSHOFF investigates
New Study Investigates the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on UFO Reporting – Phys.Org
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Was Lichtenstein a Great Artist or a Rip-Off Artist? A New Doc Investigates
Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein’s work is instantly recognizable: the giant, colorful canvases; the Ben-Day dots; the distinctively comic book-inspired images. That last element has caused controversy over the years, as critics point out “inspired” can sure look a lot like “ripped off.” A new documentary digs in.
BBC investigates after Gary Lineker interrupted by mobile phone playing pornographic noises
EU investigates Broadcom’s $61bn bid to acquire VMware
The European Commission is concerned that Broadcom could restrict competition for certain hardware components that interoperate with VMware’s software.
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Police watchdog investigates Brixton concert ‘crush’ as three women in critical condition
Stanford Investigates Its President Over Allegations of Past Research Misconduct
More from the Washington Post:
The university launched the inquiry after the Stanford Daily, a campus newspaper, reported that a well-known research journal was looking into concerns raised about a 2008 paper co-authored by Marc Tessier-Lavigne. The Daily reported that in addition to the paper in the European Molecular Biology Organization Journal, there were questions about other published research.
Some of those complaints were first made many years ago, and Tessier-Lavigne had tried to correct papers at one journal in 2015, according to its editor…. Tessier-Lavigne said in a statement that he supports the inquiry. “Scientific integrity is of the utmost importance both to the university and to me personally,” Tessier-Lavigne said. “I support this process and will fully cooperate with it, and I appreciate the oversight by the Board of Trustees….”
Elisabeth Bik, who had been a staff scientist at Stanford doing postdoctoral microbiology research until 2016 and is now a well-known research integrity consultant who specializes in photographic images, said she heard about the questions about some papers of which Tessier-Lavigne is one of the authors a few years after they were first raised, and identified additional possible problems.
Most appeared to be minor concerns, and they could have been honest mistakes, she said. This week, Bik said, she spotted a more troubling instance in a paper from 1999 with multiple authors where it appeared photos had been altered, which she said was suggestive of copying and pasting.
The Los Angeles Times describes Tessier-Lavigne as “a neuroscientist and biotech entrepreneur widely known for his Alzheimer’s research” who “has authored or co-authored about 300 scientific papers.”
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‘Partner-Swapping, Pills…’ NY Post Investigates Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘FTX Party House’
And they all lived together atÂAlbany, Bahamas, home to the swanky $40 million digsÂused by cryptocurrency giant FTX — Âthe $15 billion company that went recently belly up amid allegations of fraud and mismanagement — according to accounts of staffers who lived and worked there. Led by disgraced CEO and co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, a 30-year-old Californian known as SBF, the group pulled all-nighters while high on amphetamines at their retreat — which boasted six bedrooms, two elevators, manicured grounds, a golf course and a boat basin packed with super yachts.
“The feeling was that they were treating Albany like a frat house,” a well-heeled Bahamian local told The Post…..
“Stimulants when you wake up, sleeping pills if you need them when you sleep” — that was the formula for FTX’s success, according to a tweet from Bankman-Fried….
“He gave money for this, money for that,” a restaurateur in Nassau told The Post. “I don’t know if he is a great fellow with bad management.” Asked what the Albany locals are saying about the implosion of FTX, the high-society source responded: “Nothing. They’re embarrassed.”
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