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How to spot fake scientists and stop them from publishing papers

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Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking?

A vaccine central in A(H5) influenza antigenic space confers broad immunity

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How to spot fake scientists and stop them from publishing papers

What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision

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The TrumpRx website wonâ€™t slash drug prices â€” but this will

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US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trumpâ€™s cuts take hold

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