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Rhetoric of a Global Epidemic
How we communicate about disease can have consequences for prevention and treatment. Scott McLemee consults a new book on a recent epidemic.
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JOI to the Library
A new metric for journals ranks them by open access. Scott McLemee checks the index.
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Let X = X
There's a new academic journal about "adult entertainment" -- because of course there is. Scott McLemee is caught looking.
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Value, Price and Profit
A publisher demands the removal of writings by Marx and Engels -- just before May Day. Scott McLemee fans the flames of discontent.
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Before the Fall
1177 B.C. was the kind of year people try to forget. Scott McLemee reports on a book that takes us all the way back.
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Without Feathers
A new book describes the history of resistance to the income tax. Scott McLemee celebrates April 16 with a look.
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Hope and Climate Change
A new book tries to find grounds for optimism in the face of ecological upheaval. Scott McLemee warms to the effort.
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The Shattered Worldview
A philosopher's memoir of rape and recovery is painful and enlightening. Scott McLemee reports.