There is a lot of value in failed results, especially in science. What doesn't work is critical, if for nothing else, than for protocol and experiment design.

There is a lot of value in failed results, especially in science. What doesn't work is critical, if for nothing else, than for protocol and experiment design. Freeing up negative data is a huge motivation behind Open Notebook Science(1) and a subject of much discussion on the science blogosphere(2) 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_notebook_science http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_notebook_science 2. http://network.nature.com/groups/harvardpublishingforum/forum/topics/712 http://network.nature.com/groups/harvardpublishingforum/foru...