Science in the Gray Zone

Science in the Grey Zone is a podcast dedicated to explore error correction and the intricate pathways of the scientific publishing system. This is the final episode of our new season, where we interviewed 17 sleuths at the “Scientific literature decontamination” symposium held in Paris in September 2024.  Sleuths are good at criticizing and pointing out the wrongdoings in the publishing system, b...

Science in the Grey Zone is a podcast dedicated to explore error correction and the intricate pathways of the scientific publishing system. This is the second episode of our new season, in which we  interviewed 17 sleuths at the “Scientific literature decontamination” symposium held in Paris in September 2024.  In this episode, we ask science sleuths: Why is correcting the literature so difficult?...

Science in the Grey Zone is a podcast dedicated to explore error correction and the intricate pathways of the scientific publishing system. In season 2, we dive into the fascinating world of “sleuths” also known as data or science detectives. Across three exciting episodes, we will explore their endeavor - spotting errors and even fraud in the scientific literature, or, as they say, cleaning and c...

This is the final episode of Season 1 of Science in the Grey Zone in which we explore questions raised in July 2024 at the joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) - EASST-4S  in Amsterdam. In this episode, we’ll talk about simple cases of error. Some researchers say we need to strengthen or even ch...

What really counts as an error and which errors should be corrected in scientific literature?  This is the third episode of Science in the Grey Zone in which we present questions raised in July 2024  at the  joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) - EASST-4S in Amsterdam. In this episode, we will t...

In the second episode of Science in the Grey Zone we present questions that arose during a roundtable recorded in July 2024  at the  joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) - EASST-4S in Amsterdam. This episode will specifically explore what a retraction really means and whether it is an effective...

Science in the Grey Zone is a podcast dedicated to explore error correction and the intricate pathways of the scientific publishing system. In the first season, we brought insights and the discussion that took place during a roundtable recorded in July 2024 in Amsterdam during the quadrennial joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society...