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Swinging between extremes in giving scientific credit where credit is due

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imageNobels go to only three scientists max, while some papers have as many authors as members of this audience.© Nobel Media AB, Alexander Mahmoud

imageChina Daily’s front page on the morning of Tu Youyou’s Nobel win.

The headline on the first page of China Daily on October 6 was striking: China wins first Nobel prize in medicine. Actually, D...

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