Scientific journal snubs professor for 'offensive' Sleeping Beauty metaphor

A prestigious American scientific journal has refused to publish an article by Dutch professor Ton van Raan because his metaphoric use of the story of Sleeping Beauty is offensive to women and other cultures, the AD reports. Van Raan, who is professor of quantative science studies at Leiden University, first employed the Brothers Grimm fairy tale as a metaphor in 2004. It refers to scientific research that has lain dormant for a long period of time to be suddenly rediscovered...