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The proposed amalgamation of the British research councils (another reorganization, and suspect on that account) deserves a welcome if its management can satisfy some obvious tests.
Among other things, a US House of Representatives subcommittee last week raised the question whether science journals could (and should) do more to enhance the integrity of science.
