https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-covid-19-is-changing-science/

The coronavirus pandemic is a terrible crisis, of course. But it also presents an opportunity to change the way that research is conducted and shared, so that science can become more open, more efficient and more collaborative.

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