On photo-manipulation in science journals

It May Look Authentic; Here's How to Tell It Isn't
By NICHOLAS WADE
Published: January 24, 2006, NY Times

Journal of Cell Biology finds that authors Photoshop their data, e.g. removing gel bands, cleaning up images, patching together. 1% of these cases were judged to be "fraud" and the papers rejected. Journal proposes testing digital images to detect alteration, as peer-reviewers "defined role... is not to check for concocted data but to test whether a paper's conclusions follow from the data presented." Others disagree with checking.

In other news, library has ancient/traditional games day . "Games Around the World" at Rockford Public Library. Report from local paper, the Rockford Register Star, Ill.