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Destination Moon
Scott McLemee reviews Charles Pappas's One Giant Leap: Iconic and Inspiring Space Race Inventions That Shaped History.
Defending Science Through Its Values
The myth that science should rely on proof or certainty is a view so harmful to scientific understanding that it only gives aid and comfort to climate-change deniers and others who attack it, argues Lee McIntyre.
The End of Note Taking?
Digital transcribing tools just might free students up to do more beneficial things with their time in class, write Perry Samson and Fred Singer.
The Weaponization of Academic Citation
Freshman composition programs have done that, and we need to stop it right now, argues Jennie Young.
A Wider Net
Ranjan Daniels explores what college and university administrators can do to shield their institutions from a potential reduction in Chinese student enrollment.
Ethical College Admissions: Fool Me Twice
What possible reason could the parents in the latest admissions scandal have had, writes Jim Jump.
We Must Have Both
Higher education institutions must work to bolster the security of their research without sacrificing openness and collaboration, write Peter McPherson and Mary Sue Coleman.
Foxy Logic
Scott McLemee continues his review of Catherine Lyall's Being an Interdisciplinary Academic: How Institutions Shape University Careers.