Browse Lay Summaries

March 13, 2026
The 2 AM Scroll:
Inside the Health Misinformation Storm
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Do Nascimento IJB, Pizarro AB, Almeida JM, Azzopardi-Muscat N, Gonçalves MA, Björklund M, et al. (2022) Infodemics and health misinformation: A systematic review of reviews. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 100(9), 544–561.

March 12, 2026
Is AI Fueling False Findings in Science?
Original E-Print
Suchak T, Aliu AE, Harrison C, Zwiggelaar R, Geifman N, Spick M (2025) Explosion of formulaic research articles, including inappropriate study designs and false discoveries, based on the NHANES US national health database. PLOS Biology 23(5): e3003152.

March 13, 2026
Science Improves When Data is Shared, But Not All Journals Are on Board Yet
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Tarazona-Alvarez B, Zamora-Martinez N, Garcia-Sanz V, Paredes-Gallardo V, Bellot-Arcis C, Lucas-Dominguez R, et al. (2022) Open science practices in general and internal medicine journals, an observational study. PLoS ONE 17(5): e0268993.

October 16, 2025
When Scientists Pay to Unlock Their Research: Does Free Access Mean More Readers?
Original E-Print
Clark AD, Myers TC, Steury TD, Krzton A, Yanes J, Barber A, et al. (2024) Does it pay to pay? A comparison of the benefits of open-access publishing across various sub-fields in biology. PeerJ 12:e16824.





