Ornithologists stunned by bird collector's deceit

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A report presented at the annual meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union in Santa Barbara, California revealed that the British Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen collected a large proportion of bird specimen, which were fraudulently labeled and many were stolen. Detailed analysis into Meinertzhagen's fraudulent activities found that he was stealing specimens, as early as 1914, from the British Museum and other institutions, then retagging them with catalogue details of his own making.

United Kingdom, National Security, Active Military Personnel, Collections and collecting, Military personnel, Zoological specimens, Animal specimens, Meinertzhagen, Ichard

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Universities scramble to assess scope of falsified results

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) had fired immunologist Luk Van Parijs for fabricating and falsifying data. It is explained that Van Parijis, an associate professor of biology, had acknowledged to its officials that he altered data in one published article, in unpublished manuscripts and in giant applications.

Executive changes & profiles, Officials and employees, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Unpublished works, Parijs, Luk Van

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Laws under review for fossils on native land

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An initiative to propose new laws to regulate the fortune controlling the handling and repatriation of non-human fossils discovered on Native American lands is reviewed.

Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Legal/Government Regulation, Laws, regulations and rules, Protection and preservation, Fossils, Human remains (Archaeology)

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