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In our trial of a double-blind procedure for peer review, authors' awareness of their peer-review choices in the early stages of writing a paper is key for their decision to opt in or out.
The Chelyabinsk fireball highlighted the threat of asteroids and comets. But actually, for life on Earth, impacts may have once played the role of hero.