Think Preprints Are Sloppy? A Study of 70,000 Papers Just Changed That Debate

Preprints are like rough drafts that millions of readers can critique in real-time; a massive study now shows they're actually more careful than we've been assuming.

This means the speed and transparency of preprints might be fixing problems faster than the traditional peer-review system, so trusting early science isn't the gamble we thought it was.