Doubt cast on longevity article published in Science
JUL 09, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024487
New York Times : Last week, to much press attention, the journal Science published a study that purported to identify the human genes responsible for longevity. Widespread criticism of the paper ensued, prompting the journal yesterday to post a Q&A with the paper’s authors . The controversy is reminiscent of another Science paper whose findings provoked immediate skepticism: the purported observation in 2002 by Rusi Taleyarkhan and his collaborators of sound-induced nuclear fusion .
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