MetaFilter posts tagged with hoax and science

"Einsteinbrain!"

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:59:59 -0800

Japanese professor Kenji Sugimoto has a long-standing fascination with the brain of Albert Einstein. In the early nineties he travelled to the United States in search of it. This bizarre 1994 documentary (YouTube, multiple parts) by Kevin Hull (UK) chronicles his quest. Fake or real? [more inside]

Experimental dog brain plays Quake 3 - Edit: Oh, wait...

daHIFI — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:54:57 -0800

I for one welcome our new dog brain in-a-dish Quake playing overlords... oh wait...nevermind

Top ten scientific hoaxes.

Ufez Jones — Thu, 13 Nov 2003 10:39:34 -0800

With the 50th anniversary of the exposure of Piltdown Man as a hoax coming next week, The Guardian brings you the top ten science hoaxes.

KirkJobSluder — Thu, 07 Nov 2002 10:25:58 -0800

NASA Challenges Moon Hoax Conspiracy After decades of almost ignoring claims that the Apollo missions were hoaxed, NASA commissioned aerospace writer James Olberg to write an official rebuttle. Perhaps a bit more reasonable than the NASA Stooge, the book is aimed at the general public.