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The Retraction Watch Weekly, September 7, 2026
Dan Ariely paper retracted; Great Pyramid of Giza study pulled; Oxford researchers retract Nature paper on ‘atmospheric thirst’
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The Retraction Watch Weekly, August 31, 2026
Economics journal editors resign; an uncomfortable truth about data access; Japan institute defends Nobel Prize winner’s work; NYU Press removes book about intelligent design; Macchiarini papers
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The Retraction Watch Weekly, August 24, 2026
Elsevier faces another lawsuit; New Zealand journal deletes paper for potential harm; ceramics journal retracts dozens of papers; Sage pulls dozens of papers from two journals it acquired
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The Retraction Watch Weekly, August 17, 2026
A story about a self-retraction by a Princeton student takes a turn; BMJ Group journal retracts paper on COVID-19 vaccines and mortality; biology journal retracts more than 100 papers
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The Retraction Watch Weekly, August 10, 2026
We turn 16; Ctrl Z awards; composer's physics paper draws criticism; RFK Jr. questions another expression of concern; Clarivate removes hold on Heliyon; anesthesiologists earn retractions; 'gut punch'
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