IN THE NEWS: The Economist (September 7, 2016)

[From the article “Excel errors and science papers”]  “A recent study in the journal Genome Biology looked at papers published between 2005 and 2015, and found spreadsheet-related errors in fully one-fifth of articles on genomics that provided supplementary data alongside their text. Although the papers themselves were not necessarily affected, such bugs can create complications for other scientists trying to replicate or build on previous work.” To read more, click here.

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