publishing University of California system libraries break off negotiations with Elsevier, will no longer order their journals Cory Doctorow

Science New Scientist calls for the end of the scholarly publishing industry: "more profitable than oil," "indefensible" Cory Doctorow

Science Europe's massive plan to require open access for all science gets two new backers: Wellcome Trust and the Gates Foundation Cory Doctorow

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Science Scientists sterilized soil. It kept breathing for six years. Ellsworth Toohey

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consequences Florida sues OpenAI over ChatGPT's alleged body count Jason Weisberger

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Space Astronauts may soon finally be able to do laundry Gail Sherman

oink A pig liver and two pig kidneys worked in a human body for five days Jason Weisberger

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