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Beyond the Cash Nexus
How Would You Like to Pay? explores the anthropology of the expanding new world of smartphone wallets and other forms of mobile payments, writes Scott McLemee.
Locked Out
Science article explores how hackers can hijack scholarly journals. Fortunately, preventing it can be as simple as paying a bill on time.
A Different Kind of Textbook Debt
Renting textbooks is a popular option for frugal students, but one company has for years -- and without notice -- erroneously sent students to collection agencies, in some cases demanding hundreds of dollars in replacement fees.
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The Power of ISIS
Two recent books give a much thicker account than daily news reports of the group behind the Paris attacks, writes Scott McLemee. But he doesn't recommend them for anyone whose nerves are easily jarred.
More Support for 'Lingua' Editors
Higher education and library organizations, led by the Association of Research Libraries, side with the Lingua editors and criticize Elsevier.
'Palace of Ashes'
Author discusses new book arguing that China's universities are rising while America's are in decline.
Leveraging 'Lingua'
Open-access advocates see an opportunity to capitalize on the Lingua controversy, but outcomes of previous mass resignations at scholarly journals paint an unclear picture of the impact of "editorial mutinies."
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'Birth of the Intellectuals'
According to Christophe Charle's book on the topic, a debate over their definition and role has raged since the beginning, writes Scott McLemee.