A few days ago, the Plagiarius 2019 was handed out, a German “worst-of-award” given for particularly brash product counterfeiting. Just the blink of an eye later, once again German newspaper headlines are discussing the public outrage over accusations made against a German governmental minister to have plagiarized parts of her dissertation. To make this clear […]
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaft e.V., abbreviated in German MPG) carefully handles the financial resources provided by the taxpayer. At least that is what Prof. Martin Stratmann, current president of MPG, claims. He even seems convinced of the fact that this is implemented in real life! […]
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