Using innovative copyrights and a Web 2.0 platform, John Wilbanks may just transform how scientific discoveries are made. Is this the next scientific revolution?
When Pasteur had his eureka moment, the processes leading up to it were barely different than Archimedes's. The scientist hypothesized, created his tools, and executed his experiments with little need for input from his colleagues. My, how things have changed. As science has become increasingly complex and interconnected, even the smallest a-ha instance demands that researchers spend the bulk of their time on grunt work—combing through relevant journal articles that are poorly annotated, begging colleagues for necessary materials (a biologist may need specific cell lines, for instance), and tracking down data sets. As scientific goals grow more multifaceted, the challenges for research and development lie not only in the experiments themselves, but also in the transfer of information among peers.
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