Post by marchesarosa on Mar 18, 2011 12:20:24 GMT 1
WHEN SCIENCE GOES BAD - Two-part documentary by Adam Rutherford, radio4.
First part broadcast 17th March 2011
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zf4ns
When the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit got into hot water over leaked emails, the case review stated: "[In] a matter of such global importance, the highest standards of honesty, rigour and openness are needed". In this two-part documentary, Adam Rutherford reviews some high-profile cases where scientists didn't take those responsibilities quite seriously enough. As he trawls through a fascinating rogues' gallery, from Piltdown Man to a South Korean geneticist's claim that he had cloned stem cells, Rutherford wonders whether scientific misconduct is more prevalent than we think.
Discussion on Bishop Hill here
bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2011/3/17/science-in-hot-water.html