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xkcd #3255: Planetary Science (imgs.xkcd.com)
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xkcd #3255: Planetary Science

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The research was overseen by the Institutional Review Board, which is what I named my surfboard.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3255/

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

In a perfect world, journals would be owned by the researchers. And naturally, vacation photos are in the front few pages

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

journals should be owned by the libraries, which should be owned by the universities (which should be owned by the state and the researchers)