Why post about a retracted paper on superconductors in Bee-l? Well, the reason is our vulnerability to the peer review process and how a storied journal retracts its support of an article. Maybe we skeptics can say with solace that this kind of thing happens, but I'm detecting a troubling trend. How does an article with fragile underpinnings get published in Nature, and where are we headed with our trust in peer-reviewed science?  

>  Nature, one of the most prestigious journals in scientific publishing, on Tuesday retracted a high-profile paper it had published in March that claimed the discovery of a superconductor that worked at everyday temperatures.

>But the retraction raised uncomfortable questions for Nature about why the journal's editors publicized the research after they had already scrutinized and retracted an earlier paper from the same group.
  
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/science/superconductor-retraction-nature-paper.html

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