A phoenix, doing what phoenixes doWIKIMEDIA, TAKEN FROM THE ABERDEEN BESTIARY PROJECT
What an October it's been at The Scientist. Less than a week after we rolled out our highly anticipated 25th anniversary issue—complete with opinion pieces from life science luminaries, including E.O. Wilson, Craig Venter, George Church, Stephen Friend, and our founder Eugene Garfield—we had to announce the sad news that, due to financial difficulties, we were stopping the presses and pulling the plug on our magazine and website. After a quarter century of serving as essential reading for researchers all over the world, the sun appeared to be setting on The Scientist.
Going from celebrating a successful and eventful 25-year run to mourning the loss of a leading voice in the life science community was an emotional rollercoaster ride, to put it mildly. We received ...
