Papers need to include fewer claims and more proof to make the scientific literature more reliable, warns William G. Kaelin Jr.
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Kaelin Jr, W. Publish houses of brick, not mansions of straw. Nature 545, 387 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/545387a
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