10 Key Points
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Muller shaped science and policy, but often through questionable ethics.
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At UT, he secretly backed a banned student paper, The Spark.
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When trouble came, he resigned—students bore the punishment.
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He sometimes skipped crediting others and published without solid data.
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Contradictory evidence was brushed aside.
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He suspected some data was fake yet stayed silent.
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He pushed the “no safe dose” (LNT) model of radiation risk.
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His prestige discouraged colleagues from challenging him.
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Human data that didn’t fit his view was sidelined.
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The case warns how misconduct can shape science and national policy.