In Pre-Internet times, peer-reviewed journals were the best way to disseminate research to a broad audience. Even today, editors and reviewers cherry-pick papers deemed the most revelatory and dispatch them to interested subscribers worldwide. While the process is cumbersome and expensive, it has allowed experts to keep track of the most prominent developments in their respective fields. This article, recently published in The Economist, is about blogging science without peer review. It looks at how Web 2.0, with its emphasis on user-generated content, may prove to be a path to speedier scientific advancement.
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