Iranian news publishes, erases, denies 'time machine' story
Monday, April 15, 2013 - 07:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Iranian state media ran a story this week about a scientist who claimed to have invented a "time travelling machine." Then, it pulled the story. Then it ran a story dismissing its own "time machine" story. Western media followed the story at every step, and Doctor Who and Doc Brown references were flying.