The Scientist Staff | Jul 1, 2007 | 5 min read
"The fact that we can keep 100 pandas in a zoo is not, on its own, a positive conservation outcome." End the censorship of science I completely agree with Richard Gallagher?s suggestion to open all correspondence to the public after a five-year interim.1 Maybe names are still held confidential but review comments and correspondence should not remain a secret. An open policy would discourage politically charged decisions and enable the best scientific wo