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How a mislabeled wolf skull spurred an erroneous scientific conclusion
A cautionary tale about what happens when museum specimens are incorrectly labeled
A scientific correction finds Venus's atmosphere probably does not contain phosphine gas
The initial discovery set off a flurry of excitement. The reality is something more mundane
Two mistakes by a pair of astronomers expanded our knowledge of dying stars
Wade and Hjellming were initially looking for red supergiants. They didn't find them, but that doesn't mean they failed
Despite a mistaken mathematical proof, you do only need four colors to make a good map
Alfred Kempe's 1879 proof of the Four Color Theorem contained a mistake. Nearly a century, later his work was vindicated
The supposedly oldest impact crater on Earth isn't a crater after all
A history-rewriting discovery in Greenland in 2012 has been debunked
How a bearded dragon STI controlled the minds of a cricket colony
The discovery, made by accident, tells us about insects' behavior and gives insight into our own