"When
the politics of scientific publishing prevent negative results from
getting out there, science can’t advance, and potentially dangerous
errors—whether due to fraud or an honest mistake—go unchecked. Which is
why lots of scientific publications, including PLOS, have recently begun
to emphasize reproducibility and negative results."
On
February 28, 1998, the eminent medical journal The Lancet published an
observational study of 12 children: Ileal-lymphoid-nodular
hyperplasia,...
wired.com|By Marcus Woo
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