FRANKFURT — In 2014, as evidence mounted about the harmful effects of diesel exhaust on human health, scientists in an Albuquerque laboratory conducted an unusual experiment: Ten monkeys squatted in airtight chambers, watching cartoons for entertainment as they inhaled fumes from a diesel Volkswagen Beetle.
The animal-based experiment was disconcerting enough, but then it turns out it was invalidated by falsified results. This story also shows that cheating also can occur in commercial research.
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The results were being deliberately manipulated.
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