The challenge for the future is how we can keep science as a public enterprise. Professor Geoffrey Boulton FRS, University of Edinburgh, and Dr Paul Williams, University of Reading, look at why accurate data are critical for the scientific record. This film is part of a series of Science stories to celebrate 350 years of scientific publishing by the Royal Society. royalsociety.org/publishing350/ Produced by Street Films for the Royal Society. Titles by Red Banana Productions.