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Aug 5, 2006
"We are at times too ready to believe that the present is the only possible state of things." --Marcel Proust
Nobel Laureate Aims for Open-source Research
Harold Varmus won a Nobel Prize for changing how we think about cancer. Then he overhauled the National Institutes of Health. Now he’s battling to make all scientific research free and universally available. Varmus is the most visible character in the movement to free the scientific world of scholarly journals that restrict the flow of information by charging often hefty subscription prices for access to their content. Wired Magazine profiles Varmus.
BE THE CHANGE
What are you resigned to in your present state? Question it today, and see if you can change it for the better.
