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Re:Naked Mole Rat’s Longevity Gene Gives Mice a Longer Life by davedx on Friday August 25, 2023 @05:23AM (#37259706)
I know there's the replication crisis and everything, but let's not be over cynical - I don't think Nature would publish a study that didn't use basic statistics and didn't have a control group for its experiment?
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Re:Naked Mole Rat’s Longevity Gene Gives Mice a Longer Life by chaxor on Friday August 25, 2023 @06:49AM (#37260191)
Typically Nature or high impact journals are specifically more likely to publish irreproducible studies.

It's very similar to the well established fact that students with good grades are the most likely to cheat.

If you want to look for solid research, don't look to Nature, look to the so called "mid tier" journals. Also, similar observations are true for research groups. Research from ivy-league universities follows similar principles as above.

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