The Dunning–Kruger effect: a form of cognitive bias in which people of low ability have illusory superiority and mistakenly assess their cognitive ability (e.g. of vaccins and autism) as greater than it is.

There is a growing need for clinical evidence behind so called #IVF 'add-ons' which are unfortunately being obstructed by complex regulatory processes that slow researchers and their work down. ow.ly/oBWi30lRHKd

How sad can it get?

Paywall: The Business of Scholarship paywallthemovie.com/paywall

The 35-40% profit margin associated with the top academic for-profit publishers like Elsevier is often greater than some of the most profitable tech companies like Apple, Facebook and Google.

Amazing embryo pictures!

What a massive database of retracted papers reveals about science publishing’s ‘death penalty’ sciencemag.org/news/2018/10/w…

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Endometriosis study 'sheds light on links to infertility' say scientists theguardian.com/society/2019/j…

Plagiarism and data falsification are the most common reasons for retracted publications in obstetrics and gynaecology. - PubMed - NCBI ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=C…

The rate of retraction in obstetrics and gynaecology is increasing; the most common reason for retraction is plagiarism. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=C…

Is this 2019?

The IVF world has been awaiting for the result of this study. The recruitment will be finished by July 2019. Excited. HOPE Research Center academic.oup.com/hropen/article…

Bravo!

The Dunning-Kruger effect explained

If you're gonna listen to any speech about #Ukraine 🇺🇦, let it be this one. The Kenya ambassador to the UNSC perfectly explains how people across Africa understand Ukraine, and what the Kremlin's acts of aggression mean in our post-colonial world.

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