Scientific Journal Gets Hoaxed

I actually ran this on my photography blog yesterday, but thought that readers of this blog might find it interesting: a scientific journal ran a piece about Thomas Edison supposedly being involved in the murder of a rival, even though there are enough red flags in the text to put you in the running of the bulls in Pamplona. The object lesson is that if a story smells funny, maybe you should take a deeper look before becoming the likely victim of a prank.