{"id":818,"date":"2010-04-09T09:54:41","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T21:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2010\/04\/science_embargoes_early_releas\/"},"modified":"2010-04-09T09:54:41","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T21:54:41","slug":"science-embargoes-early-releas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2010\/04\/science-embargoes-early-releas\/","title":{"rendered":"science embargoes &amp; early releases &#8211; an update on the &#8216;new hominin&#8217; story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sci.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2010\/04\/another-missing-link.shtml\">I wrote a few days ago<\/a> about the over-hyped media stories around the then-upcoming release of a new&nbsp;<i>Science<\/i> paper about a possible new hominin species. At the time is seemed really strange &amp; definitely a spoiler rather than a teaser &#8211; by the time the actual paper came out, there&#8217;d already be a set of public perceptions around the story that the actual science would be unlikely to change. Anyway, here &#8211; courtesy of Grant &#8211; is <a href=\"http:\/\/embargowatch.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/08\/now-it-can-be-told-my-take-on-the-science-hominid-missing-link-study-embargo\/\">an excellent take on the various goings-on<\/a> &amp; what seems to be a less-than-optimal response by&nbsp;<i>Science<\/i> to whoever broke the original press embargo. Fascinating insight into the world of journalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote a few days ago about the over-hyped media stories around the then-upcoming release of a new&nbsp;Science paper about a possible new hominin species. 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