We spend a lot of time as science teachers warning students about bad science. 
Usually this involves poorly controlled experiments, improperly analyzed data, or potential bias. But the details now emerging from the “elaborate fraud” that was the study linking the MMR vaccine to autism in children are another matter entirely.
Not since Hwang Woo-suk was found to have fabricated all 11 of his purported cloned human stem cell lines in 2005 has so much attention been paid to the exploits of a disgraced scientist.
