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Nature 421, 1 (2 January 2003) | doi:10.1038/421001a
Nature in 2003
Abstract
This year sees Nature getting up close and personal with researchers, thanks to a new series and a territorial expansion. Another important innovation is a policy that allows authors to retain copyright.
One of the world's longest-running radio series is the BBC's Desert Island Discs, in which celebrities of the day are invited to select the eight recordings that they'd prefer to be marooned with, as well as talk about their favourite subject: themselves. Not immune to the appeal of this format, we are this week launching our own interview series, Lifelines (see page 23), in which working scientists (not necessarily celebrities) are provoked into taking a sidelong, irreverent and sometimes profound look at their own lives and tastes.
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