Raw data is a bit like raw sewage—or so says Sir Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust—in it you might find the odd nugget in amongst the garbage. His comment came at a debate hosted by Index on Censorship on transparency in science, pegged to a publication that deals with this very issue. It’s […]
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Philip Wilson: The dangers of science by press release
Imagine you’ve just completed a groundbreaking piece of research. Do you: a) go and tell your mates down the pub; b) publish in a peer reviewed journal; or c) rush out a press release? According to legend, Crick and Watson stylishly chose “a” after they discovered the structure of DNA, strolling into The Eagle in […]