http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/solid-oxygen.html Science Blog from Freelance Science Writer David Bradley Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:07:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/solid-oxygen.html/comment-page-1#comment-24278 Bob Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:22:14 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/solid-oxygen.html#comment-24278 I must admit I was a little surprised at the Nature comment and put it down to an uncharacteristic reduction in editorial standards. Nothing in nature is ever insignificant and many discoveries have resulted from "insignificant" observations. Perhaps Nature has a secret "significance" table somewhere or more probably it is following in the path of Caligula, believing in its own god-like powers instead of getting on with the job it was designed for. I must admit I was a little surprised at the Nature comment and put it down to an uncharacteristic reduction in editorial standards. Nothing in nature is ever insignificant and many discoveries have resulted from “insignificant” observations. Perhaps Nature has a secret “significance” table somewhere or more probably it is following in the path of Caligula, believing in its own god-like powers instead of getting on with the job it was designed for.

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