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Scientific Publication Condemns Photo-Manipulation
valdean writes "According to a recent article in the New York Times (registration and short biography required) scientific journals have begun to respond to a growing problem of photo-manipulation in submitted manuscripts. At The Journal of Cell Biology, a test developed in 2002 revealed that 25 percent of all accepted manuscripts had one or more illustrations that were manipulated to the point of violating the journal's guidelines. Examples included the duplication of images for re-presentation as a control experiment, making pictures prettier with the clone stamp tool, use of the contrast tool to hide data, and merging portions of several images so that they appear to be a single image. How were many of these scientists caught? They submitted layered Adobe Photoshop files that showed exactly what they had done."
Didn't have to register or nuthin'. I even went to the main page and checked other articles... all viewable. Glad to see they've abandoned their all or nothing policies. Though I use adblock, I left all ads intact. Nice to see that the NY Times have finally listened to the masses, and removed the requirement to register, when you view most content.
My guess is, you either used bugmenot at some point in the past and forgot about it, or someone's been using your computer (and profile.) Either way, there's a cookie on your computer that NYT likes.