09-06-2017 17:30 via montrealgazette.com

The Right Chemistry: Reviewing peer review

Science can be defined as the process of gaining knowledge about the workings of the world through experiments and observation. Indeed, the word itself derives from “scientia,” the Latin term for knowledge.
Sometimes simple observation is enough to impart knowledge. No extra experimentation is needed to determine that poison ivy can cause blisters, that chickens come from eggs or that the sun can burn the skin. But when it comes to launching satellites into orbit, developing new drug
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