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Is Sci-Hub Safe?
Warnings that Sci-Hub poses a cybersecurity threat to universities have intensified. But few institutions appear to be acting on them.
Mind in Matter
Scott McLemee reviews Daniel Belgrad's The Culture of Feedback: Ecological Thinking in '70s America.
'The Journey Before Us'
Author describes her book on first-generation students.
Opinion
The Repetition Compulsion
Scott McLemee explores various scholars' rationales for self-plagiarism.
Opinion
The Case for an Institutionally Owned Knowledge Infrastructure
The many bottlenecks that the commercial monopoly on research information has imposed are stimulating new strategies, write James W. Weis, Amy Brand and Joi Ito.
Free Textbooks for Law Students
Legal scholars are increasingly adopting and creating free textbooks in an attempt to increase affordability for students. But are these textbooks considered open educational resources?
Opinion
The Mathematics of Flourishing
Scott McLemee reviews Francis Su's Mathematics for Human Flourishing.
‘LabOratory’
Authors discuss their book on science and architecture.