While his initial answer was no, meaning he had not fabricated or altered any scientific finding, altering western blot images are a common practice in laboratories for reasons other than deception.

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SEATs, Skodas and VWs have different images but much in common under the hood.

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Together, they edited the images down to a common look, or design language in their lingo, for each vehicle.

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When I was working in news, it was common to get one or two faked images sent to me from viewers.

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They all have one thing in common: instead of using light to expose film, they capture images electronically on disks or memory chips.

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Glass mosaic tiles will then be applied to create the images of an Atlantic white-sided dolphin, a short-beaked common dolphin and fin whale.

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The end result is a music that gently triggers a series of images and feelings, none of which you can name and all of which seem entirely common.

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The reality is this: As common as the live video feeds from the bottom of the ocean have become, the robots that get those images might as well be on another planet.

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