Funding clamps, doctored data claims, and AI in science dominate Retraction Watch’s Weekend Reads

Retraction Watch’s Weekend Reads roundup highlights the White House's plan to tighten grant oversight and ban federal funding for open-access fees, sleuths’ claims that Thermo Fisher doctored data to sell antibodies, debates in China about Nature’s reputation amid AI-generated cover edits, and a broad slate of integrity and publishing stories—from peer-review issues and funding incentives to data-management reforms—plus resources like the Retraction Watch Database and the Ctrl-Z Award.