The Geyser

Friday Song: “Closer to Fine”

About incremental progress, this was a breakthrough song for the Indigo Girls

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The NIH Preprint Pilot Update

Will the Next Generation Fix It?

Abdication by gatekeepers and trusted intermediaries is affecting the young the most

Friday Song: “Doctor, My Eyes”

As Jackson Browne’s first single, the song “Doctor, My Eyes” had an inauspicious start. Initially a song about a guy who seeks help after a variety of dispiriting travails, but finds it’s too late, his record company (Geffen) asked him to rewrite it so it wasn’t such

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Will More Studies Be Classified?

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SPARC: Sneaky in the ❤️ of TX?

When a SPARC employee testified before the Texas legislature, she didn't name her employer until pressed

Friday Song: “My Hero”

A tribute to Taylor Hawkins brings the drum circle of life to light

Bodner: Joseph Works for NVF

The president of the New Venture Fund confirms the head of SPARC is an NVF employee

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NLM Denial Hints at SPARC Ties

Friday Song: “A Face in the Crowd”

A song from a watershed year for his music still haunts

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Three Thursday Thoughts

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OSTP’s Adopted Blinders

A fixation on paywalls blinds OSTP and the OA movement to real sources of inequity, and real challenges for science

Friday Song: “Smoke on the Water”

A classic song recorded in a panic, conveying a true story the band experienced firsthand

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The List of PPP Forgiveness

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Can Twitter Recover?

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The CDC Missteps Into Preprints

Friday Song: “Blue Bayou”

Originally a Roy Orbison hit, Linda Ronstadt took the song to new heights

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ARC Backs Off Preprints

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Book Review: "Ways and Means"

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Defending the Fundamentals

Friday Song: “Run Like Hell”

The 1979 Pink Floyd song “Run Like Hell” represented a number of lasts — it is the last original composition written by both David Gilmour and Roger Waters and the last song ever recorded by all four members of the classic ’70s-era band lineup together on the same song. It comes

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A Change In the Air

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A Second-Order Effect Emerges

Friday Song: “Revolution”

“Revolution” was the Beatles’ first overtly political song. There are three main versions of it — a slow version of what was called “Revolution 1” with slightly different lyrics on The White Album, a psychedelic version on the album called “Revolution 9,” and the faster version of “Revolution 1” released as

Leavening Effects

From pop culture to comics, it's important to not get too serious