Hi Maxine,

Thanks for the clarification.

I certainly remember that Nature has a revamped mission statement and I tried to make clear that I was talking about the 1869 statement printed in the journal on the Table of Contents page. That was what the editorial was about after all and it too doesn't mention the new mission statement so perhaps I could be forgiven if it slipped my mind. A couple of Nautilus readers seem to have been confused by that omission.

Also I'm pleased that the editorial is freely available somewhere. I have to say though that it is far less obvious to look on Nautilus than to look on the journals home page. In fact I would think that you really should make the version linked to from the journal Table of Contents freely available as well. Charging non-subscribers $30 to follow that link while making the editorial free elsewhere seems a little inconsistent.