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Studies to test the safety and efficacy of drugs and medical devices are too often never made public, putting lives at risk. Head of Investigations at the British Medical Journal, Deborah Cohen...
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The author of a discredited report linking autism to the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine has filed a defamation suit against the British Medical Journal. Andrew Wakefield launched his libel case...
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Scientific journal Nature won a libel claim today that has lasted three years. Egyptian scientist Mohamed El Naschie had argued the journal had defamed him in a November 2008 story, which alleged he...
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The open access backlash
US legislation may force research journals to make publicly funded work freely available. But why has the proposal not been universally welcomed? Doug Rocks-Macqueen reports In the May/June issue of...
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(Photo Illustration: Shutterstock) The continuing advance of climate science, as reflected in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s recently released Fifth Assessment Report, points ever...
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When science and free expression clash, it’s often a matter of public concern. The fallout from Professor David Nutt’s clash with the government was one of many topics tackled at a panel discussion at...
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Dark matter: Is transparency bad for science?
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The age of unreason
CONTRIBUTORS Ian RankinAuthor Ian Rankin Author Ian Rankin is an award-winning Scottish crime writer, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels. Close Nazanin Zaghari-RatcliffePoet Nazanin...
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Contents: The Age of Unreason
With contributions from Ian Rankin, Herta Müller, Peter Sands, Timandra Harkness, David Ulin, John Lloyd, Sheng Keyi and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe The autumn 2018 issue of Index on Censorship magazine...
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