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NOVA

Season 15 · Episode 18

Do Scientists Cheat?

0.055mOctober 18, 1988

NOVA examines the troubling question of scientific fraud: How prevalent is it? Who commits it? And what happens when the perpetrators are caught?

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Episode 18Do Scientists Cheat?
Episode 19Who Shot President Kennedy?
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