Secrecy and competition to achieve breakthroughs have been part
of scientific culture for centuries, but the latest Internet
advances are forcing a tortured openness throughout the halls of
science and raising questions about how research will be done in
the future. The openness at the technological and cultural heart
of the Internet is fast becoming an irreplaceable tool for many
scientists, especially biologists, chemists and physicists —
allowing them to forgo the long wait to publish in a print
journal and instead to blog about early findings and even post
their data and lab notes online. The result: Science is moving
way faster and more people are part of the dialogue. The open
science approach forces researchers to grapple with the question
of whether they can still get sufficient credit for their ideas,
said physicist Sabine Hossenfelder, co-organizer of a conference
on the topic set to begin Sept. 8 at the Perimeter Institute in
Ontario, Canada. [BTW: I Will Be Attending This Unique
Conference Science