A Successor to Medical Hypotheses

The late, great Medical Hypotheses will get a successor, the just-launched Hypotheses in the Life Sciences. (Great logo, too.) The Scientist covers the story.

Science says:

Bains [the new editor of HyLS] says he found a welcome home at the University of Buckingham, the United Kingdom's only private university, where Charlton is a visiting professor. The university's controversial Vice-Chancellor Terence Kealey—a passionate libertarian who, according to the Guardian, "may just be the most reactionary man in Britain"—strongly supports the new journal, Bains says. "They're not likely to cave in in the face of criticism if a paper produces controversy, like Elsevier did," adds Charlton. The University of Buckingham Press publishes five other journals. 

My emphasis.

Seth Roberts interviews Bruce Charlton on the Medical Hypotheses affair, the economics of scientific publishing, and what Charlton believes are the personal motivations behind the MH shutdown.