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Reprints: An Interesting Way of Looking at Sharing Science-Related PDFs [Mike the Mad Biologist]

One of the things I can't stand about non-open access publishers is that federally-funded scientific results (federally subsidized in multiple ways) are locked behind a publisher's for-profit firewall. Given the high prices of journals and universities' need to cut expenditures, library budgets ...

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The Internet Is a Weird and Wonderful Place [Uncertain Principles]

Via somebody on a mailing list, Eric Whiteacre's virtual choir: The post I got this from doesn't contain any details, nor does it contain useful links to the making of this particular video, but looking around the top level of the blog it's fairly clear that this was put together from a la...

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ScienceBlogs — 16 hours ago

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ScienceOnline2010 - Program highlights [A Blog Around The Clock]

As you know, the Program is fully set now. There is a lot of stuff there! So, to help you out, I will post an occasional sample of sessions, organized by time - when they will occur during the conference. So today, I'll start at the beginning, highlighting session that will happen on Satur...

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Vilification Ping Pong: Open Source vs. Proprietary Solutions in the Library Setting [Greg Laden's Blog]

Fight! Fight! The librarians are fighting about software! Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... ...

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ScienceBlogs — 18 hours ago

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Health Care Passes House [Dispatches from the Culture Wars]

The House of Representatives passed the health care reform bill Saturday night, but not before passing an amendment to prohibit funding of abortions: Earlier, the House passed an amendment to pending health care legislation that prohibits federal funds for abortion services in the public optio...

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ScienceBlogs — 18 hours ago

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Links for 2009-11-08 [Uncertain Principles]

On Denialism and the role of science in America. (1) - By Chris Mooney and Michael Specter - Slate Magazine A fourpart discussion on science, the media, and American society, featuring the authors of _The Republican War on Science_ and _Denialism_. ...

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ScienceBlogs — 18 hours ago