Episode 405 • • 2:27:12 - 2:29:55
405: Piles of Pelicans
H5N1 Bird Flu Research, Scientific Journal Costs
Controversial research on a transmissible version of the H5N1 bird flu is set to be published in major scientific journals. The hosts also discuss the high costs of academic publishing, noting that subscriptions to journals like Nature can cost $40,000 per year while publishers like Elsevier charge significant fees to both authors and readers.