Indian physicist, biologist, and early writer of science fiction, he pioneered the investigation of radio and microwave optics and laid the foundations of experimental science in the Indian subcontinent.

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Others argue that the tear gas, at the very least, set the stage for an inadvertent inferno--a claim long since dismissed as bad science by an independent investigation.

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"To my knowledge, no security, no investigation teams came here, " political science professor Ismail al-Suhaili said.

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The revelation that the case for Yucca may've been built on fraudulent science has brought on an FBI investigation and put the kibosh on the project indefinitely.

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But modern science might be able to take the investigation one step further.

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Following a deluge of letters, emails and telephone calls accusing Mann of bad science practices, Penn State found it prudent to conduct an internal investigation.

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Both the Boston Globe and the Harvard Crimson have reported that Harvard professor of psychology Marc Hauser has decided to resign after an investigation concluded he was guilty of scientific misconduct in publishing questionable data in three papers he published in the major science journals.

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