Friday, July 31, 2026
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Inverting the seminar to recover what scientific papers leave out

A scientific paper reads as a clean progression from question to result. And yet, research almost never happens that way. Experiments fail, conversations redirect projects, and none of it survives into print. When the founders of a field retire, their tacit knowledge goes with them, and nothing reco...

Inverting the seminar to recover what scientific papers leave out
Image: Phys.org
A scientific paper reads as a clean progression from question to result. And yet, research almost never happens that way. Experiments fail, conversations redirect projects, and none of it survives into print. When the founders of a field retire, their tacit knowledge goes with them, and nothing records that it existed.

Originally published at Phys.org

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