new (unpublished) paper on the "red rain of Kerala"

December 4, 2006 8:52 AM

The new (unpublished) paper on the "red rain of Kerala" was asked to be posted once it comes up. It's up now. So far I only added a comment with the link. Do you think this deserves an FPP? The previous was just a couple of weeks ago, but depending on your level of skepticisim, this could be considered a major development.
posted by Anything to MetaFilter-Related at 8:52 AM (8 comments total)

Eh? New paper? It's dated 2003. What's going on?
posted by edd at 9:35 AM on December 4, 2006

As my journalism prof would say, if it isn't officially released in a trade journal, but it's made available online, it's already published.
posted by Smart Dalek at 9:40 AM on December 4, 2006

Dude, I swear it was 2006 when I last saw it.
posted by Anything at 9:41 AM on December 4, 2006

This is the only 2006 one up there, and even that is from January. arxiv numbers start with the year and the month, and they're not changeable. Papers can be updated but that gets noted in the metadata, and there's no indication either of those have changed recently.
posted by edd at 9:45 AM on December 4, 2006

Yes, my bad. Please ignore.
posted by Anything at 9:45 AM on December 4, 2006

Smart Dalek: Outside of your journalism class, "published" in the context of scientific research often means that it has, or soon will, appear in a journal that uses a peer-review process.
posted by found missing at 10:01 AM on December 4, 2006

Sorry, forgot the ascii wink.

;)
posted by Smart Dalek at 10:11 AM on December 4, 2006

oh, please ignore ;)
posted by found missing at 10:13 AM on December 4, 2006