Informal networks are key to idea-sharing, argue Mark Fishman, Robert Cross and Brigitta Tadmor.
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Fishman, M., Cross, R. & Tadmor, B. Better connected. Nature 493, 709–710 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7434-709a
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