Кажется, это похоже на правду:
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/02/breaking-news-error-un...

(спасибо Г.В.Домогацкому за эту ссылку).

It appears that the faster-than-light neutrino results, announced last September by the OPERA collaboration in Italy, was due to a mistake after all. A bad connection between a GPS unit and a computer may be to blame.