...you have to have peer reviewed primary literature... Maybe they are just not ready for that. This whole piece comes across as a situation where Calico wants

...you have to have peer reviewed primary literature... Maybe they are just not ready for that. This whole piece comes across as a situation where Calico wants to work in peace and quiet, and the rest of the world is literally dying (sorry) to know what they are working on. I can understand their idea of wanting to be left alone: Science is a field that by its' very nature is full of naysayers and sceptics. This isn't a bad thing: this is how new science is validated. However, release your ideas too early, and you have a good chance that a whole circus develops around the impossibilities of their ideas or direction, and possibly, Government oversight and regulations before anything is actually ready for any kind of scrutiny. The overall tone of the article strikes me as "We are curious about what Calico is doing, and we are really annoyed they won't tell us". Remember, this is being done with private money, not Government grants, and Calico doesn't owe anything to anybody.