Why are publicly-funded scientists allowed to keep their work secret?

Published August 2, 2013 4:00am ET



Who owns taxpayer-funded science? From the way many scientists behave, it’s not the taxpayers.

Many scientific studies funded by federal agencies – through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, particularly those used to justify the most horrendous regulations – hide the guts of the science.

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