The problem of manipulated images, she said, arises from a generation gap between older scientists who set the ethical standards but don't understand the possibilities of Photoshop and younger scientists who generate a paper's data.
So why are older scientists happier?
By gathering tree ring data from old trees, scientists can determine how wet or dry a particular year in the past was.
"At first I was seduced by his showmanship and strong-man persona and charisma, and by his strong borders patriotism and willingness to speak about the problem with Islam, and considering banning all Muslims from coming into the USA," said a 48-year-old scientist from California.
"They were chanting and singing from the moment they sat down, for the majority of their journey," said Michael Leahy, a 29-year old scientist from Manchester.
It was 21 January 1969 when Mao Zedong gave a 39-year-old scientist from Zhejiang province the challenge of her life.
After learning that she was soon to be exposed in a tabloid, Dr Brooke Magnanti, a 34-year-old scientist from Bristol, revealed last year that she was Belle de Jour and had worked as a prostitute to fund her PhD studies.
Hannah*, a 33 year-old scientist from Melbourne, began taking the Pill for contraception as a teenager.
If you're not familiar with the Fars News Agency, in 2013 they erroneously reported that a 27-year old scientist from Iran had invented a time machine, and in 2012 they mistakenly ran a story from The Onion that satirically claimed most rural Americans would rather vote for Iranian leader Ahmadinejad than Obama.
But the quirky, fun-loving 81-year-old scientist seems ripped from another dimension altogether.
