Amayo Moro-Martin, whos an astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute, wrote a commentary in Nature that criticized the way the European Science Foundation evaluates research proposals. ESF responded with a threat to take legal action. Im not a lawyer, but I presume that Moro-Martin, being based in the US, is protected by the First Amendment. But the threat is serious for Nature, which has to abide by the UKs stringent libel laws.
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 14:44:45 +0000