Scientists Warn AI Slop Is Wreaking Havoc in the Research World ...

Researchers analysed the use of large language models in over a million pre-print and published scientific papers between 2020 and 2024, and found the largest, fastest growth in use of the AI systems ...

A multi-year study of the reliability of published social & behavioral science research has found that only about half of published results are replicated by new studies.

That changed in late 2025 when cutting-edge “frontier” AI models became capable of reasoning and planning reliably by themselves. A key feature of these models is “tool calling” – the ability to ...

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Journal editors and peer reviewers are being flooded with AI-generated papers that are almost impossible to detect.

Cloquet High School junior Emma Wells' science research paper titled "Quack Quack, What's in my Water? What effect does the concentration of Salicylic acid (aspirin) have on the growth of Lemna minor ...

Most scientific literature is published in for-profit journals that rely on subscriptions and paywalls to turn a profit. But that trend has been shifting as various governments and funding agencies ...

A teenager's innovative paper sensor for early pancreatic cancer detection, based on the protein mesothelin, captured global ...

George R.R. Martin recently made the news because he co-wrote a scientific paper. While it’s rare for someone from the arts to get their name on a research paper, it’s not unheard of. Several familiar ...