More Bullying from Wellcome
Wellcome changes its APC policy, and keeps bullying despite spending less
Kent Anderson
Springer Nature and Sketchy AI
New AI-written summaries? Sure, but don't blame us if they're crummy . . .
Song: “California Dreamin’”
Cold? Hankering for some warmth? So were these songwriters in 1963 . . .
Sneaky Tech: Pitch Correction
Manipulating pitch and intonations makes music generic, less intelligible, and less compelling
Preprints and More Chaos
The public doesn't understand preprints — nor do we, actually — and it’s causing societal stress
The Chaos of Retractions
Retractions are often in name only, and not realized consistently or predictably online
The Projekt Deal Journal Fades
A journal birthed by the first TA contract is looking like a failure
Song: “Don’t Stop Believin’”
A 1981 classic has a strange structure we've learned to love
ASBMB, Four Years Later
A one-time powerhouse society publisher has been brought low by a reckless dive into OA
It Was Quite a Year — 2024
A lot happened this past year, so here's a refresher — and a few of my favorite science explanations