As I've discussed with +Jon Lawhead before, the neutrino results are a good opportunity to take stock of the way science handles its PR outfit. I was worried for a bit that we'd just chalk the whole thing up to normal science without thinking critically about how the announcement went down, so I'm glad to see them take responsibility for their mistakes,

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Two leaders of "Faster-Than-Light" Neutrino Team Resign

On the morning of September 22, 2011, OPERA spokesperson Antonio Ereditato announced to the world that members of the OPERA experiment had observed neutrinos traveling faster than the speed of light.