One analysis of PubPeer, a website where users can anonymously comment on scientific papers, found that out of a sample of nearly 25,000 comments, 62% were about alleged data manipulation. Nearly ...

A “visionary” University of Utah neuroscientist manipulated results and used faked data in his research for years, according to the findings of a federal investigation.

A now-former forensic scientist with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) manipulated DNA test results in hundreds of criminal cases, an internal affairs investigation found, which prompted ...

As one example, Leek points out this pie chart. When you add up the numbers, it exceeds 100 percent, making a pie chart a poor choice. In this Fox News chart, the axis starts at 34%.

STORY: Toyota and Mazda both halted shipments of some vehicles on Monday (June 3) as a safety test scandal in Japan widened. The country's transport ministry found automakers had submitted ...

The president of Stanford University has resigned after an investigation opened by the board of trustees found several academic reports he authored contained manipulated data. Marc Tessier-Lavigne ...

But now another damning example has been uncovered by Steven Goddard’s US blog Real Science, showing how shamelessly manipulated has been one of the world’s most influential climate records ...

For example, one recent paper on high-temperature superconductivity was pulled because the researcher couldn't explain the mathematical transformations that were performed on data before it being ...