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Scientific fraud. Tabloid hijinks. Digital tinkering with photos is rampant, but new software could help set the record straight.

Photos: Pictures that lie

Leon Trotsky. Now you see him. Now you don't. After he ran afoul of the Communist Party, Trotsky was eliminated from photos where he mingled with other officials. In other manipulated photos, the Soviets painted in the gaps for added realism.

Credit: Image Science Group, Dartmouth College

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