This is an archived site and is no longer being updated. New 538 articles can be found at www.abcnews.com/538. Science Isn’t Broken It’s just a hell of a lot harder than we give it credit for. Graphics by Ritchie King If you follow the headlines, your confidence in science may have taken a hit lately. Peer review? More like self-review. An investigation in November uncovered a scam in which resear
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