Ivan Oransky's Embargo Watch has some interesting detail about what went on behind the scenes before Sunday night's release of two Science papers on the Mono Lake bacteria that allegedly uses arsenic instead of phosphorus for growth. According to Oransky, some reporters were advised of the early release but others were not: "This paper wasn’t really 'for immediate release' — it was 'for immediate release if you didn’t know to ask for it in advance,'" he writes.
