For a billion years Cell has sworn they will not publish bioethics, or for that matter anything “Soft.” Well, for the first time, the most powerful journal in all of science has published an article about bioethics. Our own Paul Root Wolpe authors “Reasons Scientists Avoid Thinking about Ethics” in the June 15th issue [subscription required]. It is difficult to imagine a more profound recognition of academic bioethics in the world of science than a bioethics article in Cell. Here’s to you Paul.