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This article presents excerpts of articles published previously in the journal "Nature." According to an article published in the August 27, 1955 issue of the journal, there is something very depressing about contemporary biological journals. Paper after paper records observations or experiments, analyses them cautiously, and in a timid and tentative way compares them with previous observations and experiments on the same theme. Only rarely does the writer disclose how his work is related to the broad panorama of biology. According to an article published in the August 24, 1905 issue of the journal,a somewhat lamentable aspect of modern science is the vast array of unorganized facts which are awaiting coordination. This is too often because they have been amassed without any definite idea of the purpose which they may serve.

The article presents excerpts of research papers published in previous issues of the journal "Nature." An article published in the March 23, 1905 issue of the journal discussed the contents of the book "Die Kalahari." Another article published in the March 26, 1955 issue of the journal presented the views of scientist J.R. Oppenheimer on issues related to communication.

Discusses the importance of publishing research papers. Challenges faced by the researcher in publishing the research; Need to convince peer reviewers of the contribution of the research to the collective knowledge; Achievement of a researcher if his or her work get published.

Reports the establishment of a publishing house, BioMed Central, to provide peer review for life science papers submitted to PubMed Central. Efforts of the Current Science Group to organize the venture; When the United States National Institutes of Health is due to launch the publishing house; How the related Web site will operate.