Data replication is an integral part of the scientific process, which proper research data management can improve.
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The phrase ‘research data management’ might make your eyes glaze over, but it’s actually this behind-the-scenes work that allows for large-scale scientific discoveries and collaborations.
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There may be ways to check if our universe is just simulated entertainment for an advanced, alien species.
As the pandemic continues to pose new challenges, libraries are finding ways to better meet the needs of their communities.
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A scholar of literature for children and young adults shares her insights on how to better connect children with literature and libraries with their communities.
Scholars can be more reliable than search engines.
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Unlike scholars, Google’s search engine can’t automatically decide which sources are the most important, most accurate or most significant.
Math provides clues as to why your happy friends are as happy as they seem.
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Does it seem like your friends have better lives than you do? Mathematics, in the form of the “majority illusion,” can help explain why.
The Railway Depot furnace at Kaserne, Johannesburg in 1971. Banned and confiscated books and magazines were burnt weekly.
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South Africa has a history of burning books. The ashes of burnt books tell of the barbarism to which a society can descend.