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Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2020: Western University officially condemns his scientific legacy as 'racist' and 'flawed'” and “1980s–2012: Substantial Pioneer Fund funding followed by presidency of the fund”.
8 controversies · 5 sources
Authoritarian regimes, wars and mass atrocitiesScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “1949–1992: flight to Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil, death in 1979, exhumation in 1985 and DNA confirmation in 1992 without ever standing trial” and “1945–1949: released by US army under false identity, then hidden in Germany with family's help”.
8 controversies · 2 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Promotion of vitamin C as cancer treatment and dispute over Mayo Clinic randomised trials” and “Break with Arthur Robinson over vitamin C/cancer research and $575,000 legal settlement”.
8 controversies · 12 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Claim that Covid-19 vaccines encourage emergence of dangerous variants” and “Claim that SARS-CoV-2 was artificially engineered using elements of HIV”.
8 controversies · 7 sources
Arts, letters and intellectualsScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2026: shift towards tokenised digital asset backed by ETF despite years of denouncing cryptocurrencies” and “After 2009: 'perma-bear' reputation fuelled by series of very pessimistic forecasts not realised in their most severe form”.
8 controversies · 16 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Preventive whole-body MRI: recommended despite lack of evidence of screening benefit in asymptomatic people” and “Off-label rapamycin for longevity: personal use, adverse effects and first negative exercise trial”.
8 controversies · 13 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2002–2020s: IQ and the Wealth of Nations and disputed 'national IQ' methodology” and “2024–2025: Reassessment campaign and professional statement finding his 'national IQ' datasets seriously inadequate”.
8 controversies · 9 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2025–2026: appointment to ACIP vaccine committee following removal of panel, controversial decisions, court intervention and Malone's resignation” and “2022–2023: defamation claim against Washington Post dismissed; court finds non-actionable opinions and insufficient actual malice allegations”.
8 controversies · 7 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2009–2022: continued citation of retracted papers long after fraud was exposed” and “February 2010: guilty plea to healthcare fraud”.
8 controversies · 8 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Arts, letters and intellectualsScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Minimum wage: recurring argument that it destroys low-skilled employment despite far more mixed empirical literature” and “'Intellectuals and Race': argument that disparities are too readily attributed to racism”.
8 controversies · 16 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “1955–1965: Opposition from hundreds of scientists, Khrushchev's protection and downfall after 1964” and “1940s–1960s: Controversial agricultural applications and harm attributed to Lysenkoist practices”.
8 controversies · 5 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “'Procrastination, Deadlines, and Performance': forensic anomalies, failed replication and retraction in September 2026” and “'The Dishonesty of Honest People': 25 direct replications fail, followed by Expression of Concern in 2024”.
7 controversies · 12 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Public promises of radical life extension: criticism of claims deemed excessively speculative” and “Tally Health: marketing a 'biological age' test despite still-limited clinical validation”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Great Barrington Declaration: call for 'quick and devastating published takedown', followed by regrets over overly narrow debate” and “'Proximal Origin': message seeking to 'put down' laboratory theory and accusations of suppressing debate”.
7 controversies · 13 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “1919–1933: Continued defence of chemical warfare, then exclusion by Nazi regime despite German patriotism” and “1918–1920: Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded despite outrage over his role in chemical warfare”.
7 controversies · 6 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Personal Genome Project: attempted prioritisation of Epstein sample revealed in 2026” and “Colossal and 'dire wolves': scientific challenge to de-extinction claim”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Damore v. Google referred to arbitration, then closed by settlement and dismissal with prejudice” and “NLRB complaint against Google: adverse legal opinion followed by withdrawal”.
7 controversies · 10 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “1987–2026: analysis of over 100 publications and enduring debate over co-authors, peer review and exact retraction count” and “1982–1983: NIH investigation finds extensive pattern of fabrication in Harvard research”.
7 controversies · 8 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Monetisation of Substack newsletter spreading disputed anti-vaccine claims” and “$335,000 PPP loan to Mercola Health Resources during pandemic”.
7 controversies · 8 sources
Arts, letters and intellectualsScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Guy Sorman's posthumous accusations of sexual abuse in Tunisia: Uncorroborated allegations and indirect testimony” and “Iranian Revolution: Fascination with the anti-Shah movement's 'political spirituality'”.
7 controversies · 9 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “UAPs / UFOs: assertion that 'the burden of proof has shifted', while requesting raw data” and “'Quantum Supremacy': Scott Aaronson denounces numerous errors and technical extrapolations”.
7 controversies · 9 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Public clash with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during Texas measles outbreak” and “Renewed clash with administration over Tylenol, circumcision and causes of autism”.
7 controversies · 15 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Attribution of own health problems to alleged 'secondary inoculation' from vaccinated people” and “Included in 'Disinformation Dozen' and removal of several social media accounts”.
7 controversies · 7 sources
Science, medicine and healthArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “American Humanist Association withdraws Humanist of the Year award following remarks on trans identity” and “Tweet claiming eugenics 'would work in practice' in humans”.
7 controversies · 9 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “CDC reorganisation after acknowledging agency had not reliably met expectations” and “American Federation of Teachers given access to draft school reopening guidance”.
7 controversies · 19 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Books co-written with Kristin Loberg: plagiarised passages discovered following David Agus scandal” and “Fake CNN article using his name to sell CBD gummies”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Authoritarian regimes, wars and mass atrocitiesScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “1948–1959: Absence from Tokyo trial, Khabarovsk revelations concerning other members and death without trial” and “1946–1948: Negotiation of US immunity in exchange for human experimentation data”.
7 controversies · 7 sources
Science, medicine and healthAuthoritarian regimes, wars and mass atrocities
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “1969–1980s: Testimony on Mittelwerk, protection of his image and subsequent posthumous historical reassessment” and “1945–1955: Project Paperclip and transfer to United States despite Nazi Party and SS past”.
7 controversies · 7 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “2012–2026: retractions spread across numerous journals; recent databases count 172 retracted papers” and “2011–2012: Toho investigation uncovers ethical approval problems and Fujii is dismissed”.
7 controversies · 8 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “2018–2022: corrections bring total to eighteen retracted papers; he subsequently resumes publishing using old datasets” and “2018–2019: Cornell finds academic misconduct; Wansink resigns and is barred from teaching and research until departure”.
6 controversies · 10 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “1980–1995: Posthumous institutional condemnation for fraud, followed by renewed debate without definitive rehabilitation” and “1976–1990s: Controversy over Margaret Howard and Jane/J. Conway, collaborators difficult to identify”.
6 controversies · 8 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “White House: internal investigation into humiliating and intimidating behaviour, followed by resignation” and “Meetings with Jeffrey Epstein after his conviction: questions during White House nomination”.
6 controversies · 10 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “1940s–1960s: Advocacy of water fluoridation alongside his role as nuclear toxicologist” and “1953–1957: Reported role in establishing links leading to Boston Project uranium injections”.
6 controversies · 7 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “2014–2016: Obokata's supervised verification experiment and independent attempts fail to reproduce STAP phenomenon” and “2014–2015: verification failure, resignation from RIKEN and disciplinary finding that dismissal would have been justified”.
6 controversies · 11 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “CRISPR patent battle with Broad Institute: successive setbacks before US Patent Office” and “Numerous commercial ties in CRISPR ecosystem: debate over conflicts of interest in technology governance”.
6 controversies · 11 sources
Media and journalismScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “2023–2025: Criticism of academic rigour and use of MIT affiliation in public branding” and “2025: Volodymyr Zelensky interview, controversy over Russian language, Putin and framing of war”.
6 controversies · 7 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Institutional investigations following allegations: Cosmos and StarTalk resume, Hayden Planetarium directorship retained” and “Tchiya Amet accuses Tyson of rape during postgraduate studies”.
6 controversies · 5 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Aneuploidy theory as primary cause of cancer versus dominant mutation paradigm” and “Medical Hypotheses article denying South African epidemic and antiretroviral effectiveness, withdrawn after external review”.
6 controversies · 10 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Seer: activist shareholders challenge his independence on board, company rejects allegations” and “Moderna: massive enrichment of a co-founder in company heavily supported by public funds”.
6 controversies · 10 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “1928–1974 and thereafter: Invention of CFCs/Freon followed by posthumous discovery of their role in ozone destruction” and “1925: Defence of TEL before chemists and in Public Health Service debate”.
6 controversies · 6 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “1995: positive trial of high-dose chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer published, subsequently invalidated” and “2000–2001: case for high-dose chemotherapy in breast cancer collapses and ASCO issues warnings”.
6 controversies · 8 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Haven: difficulties, staff turnover, Gawande's departure as CEO and joint venture closure” and “USAID appointment delayed over earlier essay on abortion, then confirmed by Senate”.
5 controversies · 10 sources
Science, medicine and healthMedia and journalism
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Contractual dispute with CBC: EGP 100 million arbitration award subsequently overturned by court” and “Permanent cancellation of Al-Bernameg amid political pressure”.
5 controversies · 8 sources1 formal charge
Arts, letters and intellectualsScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “'Nudge' and libertarian paternalism: criticism over manipulation, autonomy and transparency” and “Rules delayed before 2012 election: accounts of political obstruction, denied by administration”.
5 controversies · 7 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “'The Book of Animal Secrets': at least 95 plagiarised passages, publication suspended and apology” and “Three earlier books: more than 120 passages almost identical to pre-existing sources”.
5 controversies · 8 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Denial of causal link between HIV and AIDS” and “Rejection of human responsibility for climate change”.
5 controversies · 4 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “2024–2026: Kory challenges California policy on disciplining doctors for Covid 'misinformation' and ultimately obtains preliminary injunction” and “2024–2026: Waters negligence and informed-consent lawsuit following remote Covid treatment — claims ultimately dismissed under PREP Act”.
5 controversies · 8 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Seoul remarks about his “trouble with girls” in laboratories spark worldwide sexism controversy” and “Resignation from honorary position at University College London following controversy”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
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