On my recent reading of some blogs this week, I have been noticing a lot more people discussing plagiarism and what it means for research. Some people think ethics classes are the way to tackle the issue, but as papers are, for researchers, the currency that is paid to land a position, it likely becomes tempting... I came across this website, which apparently looks for similar text in published papers. Since 2000, the numbers of papers published containing material that has been "recycled" have reportedly increased. If any of you are involved in reading manuscripts/editing/reviewing proposals/grants/etc., you may appreciate this... See: http://invention.swmed.edu/etblast/etblast.shtml