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Science How to: Read the abstract of a scientific research paper Maggie Koerth

Business Not customers: doctors have patients, libraries have patrons, lawyers have clients and teachers have students Cory Doctorow
scholarship Higher ed and Wikipedia go great together Cory Doctorow
law Lawsplaining the FBI raid on Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen Cory Doctorow
security Motherboard's excellent, accessible guide to internet security Cory Doctorow
Science Scientists think they are more rational and objective than others think they are David Pescovitz
Gadgets Dragify lets you build websites without learning how to code Boing Boing's Shop
podcasts What we think about when we try not to think about global warming David McRaney
Copyfight Why 3D scans aren't copyrightable Cory Doctorow
videos Marvin Minsky's "Society of Mind," a free course on AI from MIT Cory Doctorow
tpp How to easily search the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership for bullshit Rob Beschizza
corruption Snowden for drones: The Intercept's expose on US drone attacks, revealed by a new leaker Cory Doctorow
copyright The twisted history of the Happy Birthday song—and the copyright shenanigans that keep it profitable Glenn Fleishman
tibet The Dalai Lama Will Not Return to Lead Tibet (He Has Something Better in Mind) Jason Louv
Science Two different perspectives on a new study of breastfeeding outcomes Maggie Koerth
Science Amateur scientists vs. cranks Maggie Koerth
Science Ammonium nitrate fertilizer isn't really a dangerous explosive (most of the time) Maggie Koerth
Science Defeating earthquakes, and more free videos from the American Geophysical Union Maggie Koerth
Science Did the average Neanderthal know she had a brother-in-law? Maggie Koerth
crowdsourcing Turn your personal mob into an army Rob Beschizza