Covid-19, AIDS, and Media Matters

During AIDS, pressures on journals were similar — but they held the line

medRxiv Gets Played — Again

As press releases become preprints, does EurekAlert feel threatened?

Australian Science Faces Preprints

Preprint advocates decry peer review policies, and a well-worn drama ensues

Twitter, Altmetric, and When 0.25=1

Digging into explanations leads to more questions about unnecessary complexity

Altmetric Devalues Twitter, Tells Nobody

Altmetric slashes its biggest source's contribution, neglects to tell even its own staff

Ivermectin Preprint, Poison Control Calls

Most of the calls to poison control in one state seem to point back to a bad preprint

PeerJ Adds to the Wheel It's Reinventing

PeerJ seems to be moving quickly along the learning curve of publishing

Preprints and Journalists Take Over

Once the newsmakers of science, expert systems are becoming afterthoughts

Friday Song: "My Immortal"

Amy Lee's voice propels a love song to the level of "modern classic"

Leadership Roles & Responsibilities

An social critique touches on our failures, and a journalist provides a real example