Category Archives: Jonathan Eisen

The price for Nature Open Access: $32

Recently Jonathan Eisen of the Tree of Life “discovered” that the Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is asking users to pay for access to papers that it has previously committed to keep freely accessible on its website. He has detailed his … Continue reading

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Imagine: $1T put into scientific research

This statement by Barack Obama appeared on the web today: In other words, the worse the economy is the more money should be invested into science. Now that’s a political idea I can subscribe to. To bad this is like water off … Continue reading

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The Year of Evolution in the age of Open Access

Next year, 2009, is the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth (February 12, 1809), as well as being the 150th anniversary of the publication of his masterpiece, “On the Origin of Species” (November 24, 1859). Although much of the upcoming celebrations … Continue reading

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Proudly morality underminded

According to a New Scientist article on myths and misconceptions about evolution (see Evolution: 24 myths and misconceptions) accepting evolution undermines morality. “Darwinism claims that living beings have evolved as a result of coincidences and by means of a struggle … Continue reading

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Bring on the Open Access journals

Lately I have been pondering a about Jonathan Eisen’s inauguration editorial as the new Academic Editor in Chief of PLoS Biology. Although I have always felt that Open Access (OA) is the way to go I have never seen a … Continue reading

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