Awards: European Science Writer of the Year

Who Was That?

Eva Wolfangel •
PUBLISHED BY: Die Zeit ON June 1, 2017
European Science Writer of the Year

Whenever you make a bank transfer via the Internet, you leave unique tracks. Using such biometric footprints, a discreet company identifies millions of users on behalf of banks. The users don’t know anything about it.

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Peer Review Post-Mortem: How a Flawed Aging Study was Published in Nature

Hester van Santen •
PUBLISHED BY: NRC Media ON December 9, 2017
European Science Writer of the Year

How could an article with numerous shortcomings be published in top-tier journal Nature? Hester van Santen reveals how the gate-keepers of science knowingly let flawed research slip through.

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