Flutterby™! : Paleontologist faking data to try to scoop co-author?

Paleontologist accused of faking data in dino-killing asteroid paper

After trying to discuss the matter with editors at Scientific Reports for nearly a year, During recently decided to make her suspicions public. She and her supervisor, UU paleontologist Per Ahlberg, have shared their concerns with Science, and on 3 December, During posted a statement on the journal feedback website PubPeer claiming, “we are compelled to ask whether the data [in the DePalma et al. paper] may be fabricated, created to fit an already known conclusion.” (She <span>also posted the statement on the OSF Preprints server today.)