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Every working scientist agrees that there is too much to read, yet most of those who make the complaint are collectively also those responsible for the common difficulty —that the literature of research is overblown.
The US National Academy of Science's study of opportunities in biology research is a thrilling tale and a lost opportunity. It says too little about research policy, and nothing about regulatory impediments to research.