Just fyi re data hiding. There’s a classic article by Garfinkel and Lynch I think on data about quasars being suppressed for six months so the Cavendish lab (I think) got 6 months lead on their competition. – GB
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/science/space/15kepler.html?adxnnl=1&hpw=&adxnnlx=1276640702-fY0DwO3VQXNtxQ0mjCjTKg