Science Says: What happens when researchers make mistakes

Science Says: What happens when researchers make mistakes

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https://apnews.com/006c63cb60e941a7b6784e7bcefcf0b1

Everyone makes mistakes, but when scientists do, the remedy goes far beyond saying you're sorry. Two fresh examples show how some journals and universities react when the need arises to set the record straight.

On Wednesday, the New England Journal of Medicine retracted and republished a landmark study on the Mediterranean diet, and issued an unprecedented five other corrections after an obscure report last year scrutinized thousands of articles in eight journals over more than a decade and questioned some methods.