Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson The case of Irina Ermakova Quite likely it surprised regular readers of Nature Biotechnology that for the September (2007) issue their favoured journal had invented a new article format specifically …
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The Excommunication of a Heretic
by Roland Fischer The article below is translated from an original article in the Swiss German-language newspaper WOZ An unusual article was published in the September printed edition of the science magazine “Nature Biotechnology”. The …
Continue readingConflicts of Interest: In Agriculture too?
Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson Failure to declare a conflict of interest, as Lester Crawford has been reminded (see news item), is a federal offence for United States Government employees, punishable by a prison term. …
Continue readingThe Agenda Gap in Science
Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson Writing in New Scientist recently (New Scientist 06-01-07), Bernard Dixon, a former editor, bemoaned the lack of dialogue between scientists and the public and warned of the dangers of disengagement. …
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