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Paywall for science articles, yes or no?

Science funders are now getting into the act: Why should people have to pay to read science that has been funded?

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How Unpaywall is opening up science

In 2011, “de-roomed” computer scientists developed a way to open up access to journal papers: After being kicked out of a hotel conference room where they had participated in a three-day open-science workshop and hackathon, a group of computer scientists simply moved to an adjacent hallway. There, Heather Piwowar, Jason Priem and Cristhian Parra worked Read More…

jerry So what diet actually works? Lots of them work. I suggest you watch Giles Yeo. He’s the world expert on... – At Stat News: Science has got...
bornagain77 Bob claims that the fact that his very own Darwinian worldview is rendered incoherent and false by 'the moral argument'... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Bob O'H Bob continues to blatantly ignore the fact that he, as a Darwinian atheist, simply has no objective moral basis in... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
bornagain77 Bob continues to blatantly ignore the fact that he, as a Darwinian atheist, simply has no objective moral basis in... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
martin_r i like the Lawrence Krauss interview part: the moderator sarcastically sums up: you said there are three different types of... – Science Uprising: The Big Bang: Something...
Bob O'H SA @ 205 - In what sense is collective punishment just? When the collective share in the guilt of the... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Yarrgonaut Oops it's been a couple weeks. That said: Querius wrote: Silver Asiatic, That was kind, but don’t hold your breath.... – ID theorists publish new paper in...
Eugene So what diet actually works? – At Stat News: Science has got...
polistra Most obvious: These are all right hands and right feet. It feels like a religious ceremony, perhaps a kind of... – World’s oldest art raises question: Is...
Querius A friend of mine who started using my method already lost 25 lbs. But with regard to diet, politics, and... – At Stat News: Science has got...
jerry All of them used the calories in/calories out model and advocated more exercise and caloric restriction, which obviously doesn’t work.... – At Stat News: Science has got...
Viola Lee For the record (on a record), this song opened my mind to extended improvisational music almost 55 years ago, and... – At Stat News: Science has got...
Viola Lee To Q: is your doctor skeptical that the steps you took improved your situation a lot? That's too bad. To... – At Stat News: Science has got...
bornagain77 Since both Bob and Seversky are Darwinian atheists, instead of just run of the mill village atheists, it is worth... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
EDTA Within my lifetime, people have gone from mostly healthy weight to severely overweight. This has coincided with a great increase... – At Stat News: Science has got...
Lieutenant Commander Data Bob O'H LCD Your atheist dogma says God kills? No, that’s what the Bible says. :)Does Bible say that for... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Querius Viola Lee @6, For one thing, of my present doctor and those I consulted with in the past, none of... – At Stat News: Science has got...
Viola Lee Johnny writes, "I can almost guarantee you that most doctors (the people on the ground who are called on to... – At Stat News: Science has got...
bornagain77 Bob at 203 Bob, as a Darwinian atheist who does not believe in God or in any other gods, pays... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
johnnyb @Viola and @Polistra - I think the problem here is that there actually is quite a long span of time... – At Stat News: Science has got...
jerry If anyone is interested in what causes obesity, then watch Giles Yeo. He’s the world expert on the topic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQJ0Z0DRumg... – At Stat News: Science has got...