April Fools 2013: Top 3 Hoaxes in Science

Описание: Happy April Fools day everyone! In honor of this most important holiday, Laci Green takes a look back at some of science's most infamous hoaxes.

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Piltdown Man:

"Piltdown Man is revealed as fake 1953"

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/...

"The Piltdown fossils, including a portion of the skull, a jawbone, and a few teeth, were found in 1911 and 1912. This "Piltdown Man" was believed by many to be "the earliest Englishman," and in fact, the missing link between apes and humans."

Dragon:

"A Baby Dragon, Or A Bad Joke?"

http://rense.com/general48/badjoke.htm

"A pickled "dragon" that looks as if it might once have flown around Hogwarts has been found in a garage in Oxfordshire."

"Book deal for dragon hoax author"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/en...

"An author who was so desperate to get his book published that he staged a hoax involving a baby dragon has won a lucrative publishing contract."

FBI UFO Memo:

"FBI attempts to explain UFO memo in vault"

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/...

"The Federal Bureau of Investigation has broken its silence on the most popular file in its digital vault."

"FBI Vault Reveals UFO, Roswell Files"

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/fbi-...

"Flying saucer sightings? Reports of three-foot-tall aliens? Secret memos about suspicious objects recovered near Roswell, N.M.?"

"UFOs or No? The Guy Hottel Memo"

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2013/...

"It's the most popular file in the FBI Vault—our high-tech electronic reading room housing various Bureau records released under the Freedom of Information Act."

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