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From Washington: Secrecy versus scientific communication

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There are many issues that affect the health of science but none more pervasive than the problem of “secrecy vs. scientific communication.” Unfortunately much of the debate on this issue, which is concern to all scientists, is being held behind closed doors among a few “key people.” The status of this debate was discussed in the August issue of Communications. More recent developments are reviewed here.

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