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Nature 439, 764 (16 February 2006) | doi:10.1038/439764a; Published online 15 February 2006

NASA in reverse

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The US space agency's relationship with scientists is hitting a new low.

The NASA public-affairs office has this month been accused of trying to censor one of its most eminent climate researchers, James Hansen of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. And more evidence of press releases being doctored for political ends at the space agency is likely to emerge, disturbing everyone who values the free flow of scientific information to the public.