Piltdown Man News Today

Tomorrow is Sunday, and as I prepare to mount my plastic pulpit I will take as my text the introduction to Chapter 5 (Complex Numbers) of A Survey of Modern Algebra by Birkhoff&Mac Lane.  This is a classic and accessible work, first published in 1941, which brought to the American-speaking world what was previously locked up in Van der Waerden’

History's greatest hoaxes are proof that with effort and a little luck, you can fool a lot of the people, all of the time.

Modern imaging techniques reveal item thought to be well preserved lizard-like fossil is painted carving

Throughout history, the world has seen some cunning and clever con artists. These are people who tricked others in unbelievable ways. | Pulse Nigeria

There is a new development in the tale of the Piltdown Man, the UK's most notorious scientific hoax, with a recent study suggesting that the Piltdown Man might be more 'Piltdown Woman.'

Buckle up for a wild ride through the hall of near-misses! We're about to spill the beans on the top ten forgeries that were so close to pulling off the

A roundup of mysterious, paranormal and strange news stories from the past week. The first Fortean phenomena reported in

It was one of the greatest scientific hoaxes of the 20th century. And now the face of the Piltdown Man has been reconstructed for the first time - revealing it may have been female.

After unveiling a quantum computer with 1,121 qubits, IBM will now focus on smaller, more error-resistant systems. Plus, male mosquitoes once sucked blood and ‘wobbly spacetime’ could reconcile physics’ most incompatible theories. After unveiling a quantum computer with 1,121 qubits, IBM will now focus on smaller, more error-resistant systems. Plus, male mosquitoes once sucked blood and ‘wobbly spacetime’ could reconcile physics’ most incompatible theories.

Our brains don't look that special when looking at their relative size compared to our closest animal relatives. To understand human intelligence, scientists are now looking deeper.