How much do you know about vanilla?

ASK most people where vanilla comes from and they will either not know or say that it comes from Madagascar. Madagascar is the largest producer of vanilla, but it is also cultivated in a few other countries, including Malaysia which is at the start of its vanilla...

Predatory publishing: the legacy of Jeffrey Beall

FOR the scientific archive to retain its integrity, we have a right to expect that research papers are reviewed by experts in the field, and that those reviewers take a view whether the reported results/conclusions are valid, that the research is reproducible and...