Science Fictions

I had exactly the feeling described in the afterword when reading this: What study can I still trust after all this cheating, tweaking and outright lying? Staying informed and not falling for exciting but untrue news seems really a lot of work. I already distrust a lot of the "a new study has shown" news and try to read up on the actual science behind it if I can. Looks like even that isn't enough, sadly.
I hope preprinting and Open Science are here to stay, and I'm a little glad I didn't go into biology after all. I wouldn't have had fun with all the elbowing for the few jobs there it seems.

Excellent book about the corruption of science! A must read for the scientifically minded