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When Academia Puts Profit Ahead of Wonder

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Source: The New York Times


In the past, discovery for its own sake provided academic motivation, but today’s universities function more like corporate research laboratories. Rather than freely sharing techniques and results, researchers increasingly keep new findings under wraps


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