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Quick Look: The Open Science Movement

Tina Barseghian
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A recent story about how gamers solved a scientific riddle that had eluded scientists for ten years suggests that more transparent science might be better science. And this is the goal of the Open Science movement.

Now don't get me wrong, the system works very well. It isn't perfect especially as results are based on more complex data but it is self correcting and important discoveries are made all the time. But would it be even better if we opened things up a bit?

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