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How well known outside Canada is the politically-inspired Rhytisma epidemic in maple trees, caused by the mayor of Montreal’s attempt to stop illicit sex in the park?

I have two questions. First question: are you gay? And second, why are you gay?

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Jim, were the Dexter books your biggest inspiration for creating the show or did they just lay the framework for an idea you were interested in? Besides Michael C Hall, if you could pick any three actors to see audition for the role (from the pilot) today, who would you pick?

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that the costs to students and researchers are free because the institution ultimately pays for it, but these readers are going to have access whether it's open access or not. That was a great answer though. Students from my university recently won an Accelerating Science award for re-using open access research to invent an HIV self-test. I agree that this is the most exciting part.

I think PLoS's recent progress update report shows that they're interested in making scientific research more approachable, and that they are succeeding. There's less (positive) focus on impact factor (much more criticism) and more focus on readability, downloads, and social media.