Science Fraud
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A leading scientific journal is taking an unusual step today -- it is retracting three papers it published in recent years. Science magazine is taking the action in response to a fraud scandal uncovered in Germany last year. There, a researcher faked certain key experiments. The case illustrates how safeguards in science sometimes fail. Alison Richards reports.
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