Investigative reporter @sciencemagazine. Before: investigations for @statnews @sacbee_news @latimes. cpiller@charlespiller.com - Signal: cpiller.01 - Author of the book "Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer's"
Exclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made public | Science | AAAS -- amazing and important story via @retractionwatch.com reporter Brendan Borrell www.science.org/content/arti...
Exclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made publicParents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation revealswww.science.orgIlluminating story - A key Arctic science outpost finds itself tangled in a geopolitical web | Science | AAAS via Richard Stone www.science.org/content/arti...
A key Arctic science outpost finds itself tangled in a geopolitical webSvalbard is warming faster than almost anywhere on Earth, but security concerns are tightening access to its glaciers, fjords, and sea floorwww.science.orgGlad to see that the litany of defects in the $13B SF-Oakland Bay Bridge have not been totally forgotten. Decent intro via MegaBuilds: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAr9... I spent years investigating those. They were ignored or never adequately fixed. Among many articles: www.sacbee.com/news/investi...
The Most Expensive Bridge in US History Is Quietly Falling ApartYouTube video by MegaBuildswww.youtube.comU.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators - sobering report by @jeffreybrainard.bsky.social | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaboratorsNIH, NASA grantees are confused and concerned amid agencies’ piecemeal communicationwww.science.orgA conference taught me that scientists and journalists must work together to protect research - great insights from @lonnibesancon.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A conference taught me that scientists and journalists must work together to protect researchScience sleuth Lonni Besançon realizes that he has sometimes misunderstood what the media want from him and his researcher colleagues.www.nature.comThe Fight Over Antisemitism Studies - thoughtful, nuanced reporting by @stephaniemlee.bsky.social www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
The Fight Over Antisemitism StudiesHow money, fear, and October 7th forged a contentious new area of study.www.chronicle.comMedicare is spending far less than expected on new Alzheimer’s drugs www.statnews.com/2026/05/11/m... via @statnews.com @bobjherman.bsky.social
Medicare is spending far less than expected on new Alzheimer’s drugsAdoption has been slow with new Alzheimer’s drugs because the treatments are complicated to administer and the benefits are uncertain.www.statnews.comThanks to Stephen J. Dubner, Dalvin Aboagye, and colleagues for having me on a great Freakonomics episode about Alzheimer's and my book Doctored. freakonomics.com/podcast/why-...
freakonomics.com“Game-changer” breast cancer study retracted as Indiana researcher out of his post - findings by @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social retractionwatch.com/2026/04/15/g...
“Game-changer” breast cancer study retracted as Indiana researcher out of his postA group of cancer researchers whose work has been questioned by sleuths has been hit with their third retraction in less than a year. Today, Science Translational Medicine (STM) withdre…retractionwatch.comFor readers in the UK and Commonwealth nations - Doctored is now out in paperback bit.ly/4clbKIL
A monumental head-scratcher: Why won't the journal just retract the study? Judge tosses lawsuit over controversial Paxil ‘Study 329’ retractionwatch.com/2026/04/02/j...
Judge tosses lawsuit over controversial Paxil ‘Study 329’A judge has dismissed a legal challenge aimed at forcing Elsevier to retract a long-criticized study that concluded the antidepressant Paxil was safe and effective for teens. The 2001 paper, publis…retractionwatch.comIf you’re in the Boston area, please join me on April 16 for my talk about the tragedy of fraudulent or false Alzheimer’s research – and the response to my book “Doctored.” Talk and reception sponsored by MIT Knight Science Journalism. ksj.mit.edu/event/lectur...
Lecture: Investigating Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in Alzheimer's Research A Talk and Discussion With Investigative Reporter Charles Piller - Knight Science Journalism @MITJoin Charles Piller, a correspondent for Science and investigative reporter, as he discusses his book “Doctored,” an examination into how unscrupulous researchers, government enablers, and Pharma exec...ksj.mit.eduAnother paper supporting discredited Alzheimer’s research by Sylvain Lesné on amyloid-beta *56 is retracted – 4 years after it was detected (and the journal alerted) by Matthew Schrag – and verified by @elisabethbik.bsky.social shorturl.at/N0Xqg My investigation from 2022 shorturl.at/qe8Oe
RETRACTED: Cognitive effects of cell-derived and synthetically derived Aβ oligomersThis article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy).This article has …shorturl.atJudge upholds 15-year debarment against scientist who once threatened to sue Retraction Watch retractionwatch.com/2026/03/26/a...
Judge upholds 15-year debarment against scientist who once threatened to sue Retraction WatchiStock An appeals judge has recommended the U.S. Health and Human Services uphold a proposed 15-year debarment for a scientist accused of research misconduct more than a decade ago. In a May …retractionwatch.comFascinating look at efforts by a wealthy family to change the course of a deadly brain disease | Science | AAAS via @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...
Can a wealthy family change the course of a deadly brain disease?Inspired by the loss of their mother, they have poured millions into studying a key protein behind frontotemporal dementia. But all has not gone according to planwww.science.orgI find it hard to be shocked by such admissions, but this one is pretty intense: A medical journal says the case reports it has published for 25 years are, in fact, fiction via @katetravis.bsky.social retractionwatch.com/2026/03/03/c...
A medical journal says the case reports it has published for 25 years are, in fact, fictionA Canadian journal has issued corrections on 138 case reports it published over the last 25 years to add a disclaimer: The cases described are fictional. Paediatrics & Child Health, the journal…retractionwatch.comThis glass wafer could back up your phone—and last 10,000 years - this might be what I've been waiting 20 years for! www.latimes.com/archives/la-... | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
This glass wafer could back up your phone—and last 10,000 yearsLaser-written patterns on glass could store data for millennia at a timewww.science.orgMore well-deserved honors for STAT - Polk Award for reporting on impact of Trump on health www.statnews.com/2026/02/18/s... via @statnews.com
STAT wins fourth Polk Award for reporting on impact of Trump on healthSTAT has won its fourth Polk Award in five years for documenting the Trump administration’s shakeup of the FDA, scientific research, and public health.www.statnews.comUnEDXpected Peaks - New and fascinating data explorations from @elisabethbik.bsky.social scienceintegritydigest.com/2026/02/09/u...
UnEDXpected PeaksOver the past couple of days, I have been reviewing a series of Materials Science papers, all co-authored by the same group of researchers from the Universities of Lahore, Chakwal, and Sargodha in …scienceintegritydigest.comThanks to the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing @sciencewriting.bsky.social for hosting me for a webinar on investigative reporting on science, with the great @lizagross.bsky.social Here's the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvxz...
CASW Connector Chat: Tips and Tools for Investigative Science ReportingYouTube video by CASW ScienceWritingwww.youtube.com