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- Ana María Cetto is a Mexican physicist.
- She works at a university in Mexico.
- She supports open science for everyone.
- She was named head of an international committee.
- She says some publishers charge to read articles.
- They also sometimes charge to publish research.
- This makes knowledge hard to get for some.
- She wants scientific knowledge to be public.
- She helps platforms that share journals for free.
- She says science should include many communities.
Difficult words
- physicist — a scientist who studies physics and nature
- university — a place for higher education and research
- open science — science that is free for everyone to read
- publishers — companies that make and sell journals and books
- publish — to make research available in a journal
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Discussion questions
- Do you think scientific knowledge should be public?
- Have you ever read a free science article?
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