Scandals and Blunders in Science

Potential Topics for Final Projects

• Water Memory, Benveniste (outside reading) - Will Jenkins
• Korean Stem Cell Scandal - Jennifer Vernia
• Abderhalden & protective enzymes (Gratzer text and references therein)
• Baltimore Case - Megan Farley
• Galileo (Broad and Wade and references therein) - Eric Johnson
• Darwin (Broad and Wade and references therein) - Jessica Garcia
• Frazier, psychiatry (LaFollette)
• Bridges (LaFollette)
• Brodeur & Wertheimer-Leeper study (Park) - Andy Burke
• Poehlman, Vermont College of Medicine (boston.com) - Jessi Archer
• Pennycook, Oak Ridge (boston.com) - Katie McKenna
• Rum affair, botanical fraud (Centre library QK31. h39 S23 2000) - JT Midden
• Sokal hoax (Centre library Q175.37 .S65 2000) - Kasey Hack
• Tasaday people - Melissa Douglas
• McBride and Debendox
• Robert Slutsky, UC San Diego
• Galadriel Mirkwood
• Dalibor Sames and Bengu Sezen
• Elizabeth Goodwin (September 1, 2006 issue of Science) - Mark Carr
• Schön, Bell Labs - Sarah Steele
• Lawrence Berkeley discovery of element 118 - Brenton Deal
• Jon Sudbø
• Ali Sultan
• Dulong & Petit
• G. Zadel
• Bogdanov Affair - Nick Thompson

The Office of Research Integrity includes reports of fraud cases and their outcomes on its website. These cases would be suitable choices for this assignment.

Remember that another option for your final project is to write a short story that is a fictional account of a case involving fraud or error in science.