Scientists are proposing a "guided evolution" plan to help our native species fight back against invaders like rabbits & cane toads.
The idea? Use selective breeding or genetic tools to speed up the development of defensive traits in vulnerable native animals within just a few generations.
It raises huge ethical questions, but also highlights the desperate need for new solutions. Our current methods are often failing, and our unique ecosystems are paying the price.

#AusConservation #InvasiveSpecies #AustralianWildlife #Biodiversity #ScienceEthics #Nature #OzSci

https://au.news.yahoo.com/radical-three-year-plan-to-speed-up-evolution-in-australia-as-invasive-threat-spreads-190012943.html

A billion-dollar drug was discovered in soil samples from Easter Island decades ago, but the question remains — what do scientists and pharmaceutical companies owe the Indigenous Rapa Nui people whose land and knowledge were drawn upon?
This case highlights the urgent need for fair benefit sharing, ethical research practices, and genuine respect for Indigenous sovereignty when global industries profit from local resources.

#indigenousrights #scienceethics #bioprospecting #rapanui #rapamycin #multinationals #bigpharma

https://theconversation.com/a-billion-dollar-drug-was-found-in-easter-island-soil-what-scientists-and-companies-owe-the-indigenous-people-they-studied-250586

📢 Reading in BSPU news about our work on GAIDeT — the first taxonomy for transparent AI disclosure in research:
🔗 https://news.bdpu.org.ua/en/transparency-of-ai-in-science-gaidet-taxonomy/

Full article in Accountability in Research:
📄 https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2025.2544331

#GAIDeT #OpenScience #ResponsibleAI #ScienceEthics #AI #HigherEd

As a journalist, professor, and researcher, I have a firm commitment to truth, transparency, and ethics. Our duty and responsibility as researchers and journalism educators is even greater than that of the rest of the scientific community in combating malpractice and corruption.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2420092122

#ScienceEthics #Transparency #AcademicIntegrity #ScientificCorruption #ScientificRigor

From #RetractionWatch: "‘Anyone can do this’: Sleuths publish a #toolkit for post-publication review"

#Science #Ethics #ScienceEthics

https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/04/cosig-sleuths-publish-toolkit-post-publication-review/

"Blood-mind boundary"? Science gone wrong! 🚨 Our new #preprint uncovers 13 bizarre "tortured phrases" replacing blood-brain barrier (BBB) in 140+ papers.

📄 https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5131445

Auto-paraphrasing & poor review processes are polluting research! 🗑️

#AcademicIntegrity #TorturedPhrases #ScienceEthics #ResearchMisconduct

What happens when the people you work for ask you do something illegal?

"That our company was now in the business of doing process development on MDMA, a category 1 controlled substance (for which we did not have the permits) and this was being done covertly by our CEO with his own hands came as rude shock to everyone in the chemistry lab. If somebody else tried to pull this stunt, we would be talking to the company management that very minute and have him arrested. But in this case, the whole two-man top management team of our little company was involved in it."

From https://orgprepdaily.wordpress.com/2017/08/21/breakin-bad-in-florida-1/

#ScienceEthics