Top stories published by The Open Book in December of 2016

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Ben Penrose in The Open Book

Dec 2, 2016

Sci-Hub

Sci-Hub is an illegal site created by Alexandra Elbakyan, a Kazakhstani college student. Elbakyan was fed up with big publishing companies…

Aidan Krim in The Open Book

Nov 30, 2016

Sci-Hub

It’s quite amazing how part of human nature is our constant inquiry of how to beat the system. Even with the internet, something we designed as…

Estelle Laurier in The Open Book

Dec 10, 2016

Scholarly Conversations

The scholars in the community I chose are evaluating information by Facebook group IFLSciences in which they comment…

Brandon Widger in The Open Book

Dec 2, 2016

The implications of a Guerilla Manifesto

In Aaron Swartz’s Guerilla Open Access Manifesto, Swartz argues that the current process…

Brandon Widger in The Open Book

Dec 8, 2016

Terms and Conditions May Apply

The film Terms and Conditions May Apply addresses the topic of data storage and digital privacy in the…

Summer Collins in The Open Book

Dec 12, 2016

Fake Science or False Reporting?

In John Oliver’s youtube video on scientific studies, he discussed the importance of recognizing…

BB in The Open Book

Dec 11, 2016

Google’s Abuse of Information Access

Prior to reading this article, I didn’t expect as much bias in Google’s results (and I think it has improved in recent years). I think it’s easy for the average person to neglect the angle that Google is a company with considerable influence, not some benevolent…

Christian Kissinger in The Open Book

Dec 7, 2016

Is there a scholarly corner of Reddit?

For those not familiar with Reddit, the website is setup in such a way that users submit a…

Veerle Bos in The Open Book

Dec 13, 2016

How reliable are scientific studies?

There are multiple reasons why results from some scientific studies are less reliable than…

Rocio Perez in The Open Book

Dec 13, 2016

Media and Scientific Studies

According to Clifford, in his article 10 Reasons Studies can be Surprisingly Inaccurate, the results of a scientific study may not always be reliable due to negative findings not being published. Negative results need to be published so that when scientists analyze all the…

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