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Recently, David Eaves' post on the future of academic research got me thinking again about the benefits of openness and collaboration. Eaves praises a British Columbia scientist, Rosie Redfield, for blogging her way through an ongoing experiment. In the process, she's encouraged international feedback and provided rare insight into her thought processes as a scientist. Redfield stands out because she is breaking with protective scholarly publishing traditions that dampen collaboration.