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The Skeptics Guide #931 - May 13 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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The Problem With Paper Mills

Scientific journals are facing an increasing number of scientific manuscripts from something called paper mills. The International Association of Scientific Technical and Medical Publishers is developing new tools to detect these fake papers. A tool that Sable created looks at the author's email addresses and also if they're affiliated with a real hospital. This detector isn't perfect, but at least it's a step in the right direction.

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