Physics Today: In a statement released two days ago, Nature Publishing Group rebutted the claim made by the University of California’s system-wide library that a 400% increase in the cost of NPG’s journals was unreasonable and exorbitant. While not disputing the size of the subscription increase, NPG argued that its apparent heft arose from a deep, unsustainable discount that the university system enjoyed and that NPG wants to abandon.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.