Tag Archives: Research
New Scientist on palmistry
I once knew a rocket scientist (really) who read palms. He could tell a lot from your hand. It is easy to dismiss palm readers as flim-flam artists (which most are), but it also blinds you to the possibility that there is anything resembling a scientific basis for palmistry. The New Scientist is reporting that […]
Internet Research call for papers
One of the new graduate students noted that it was hard to know what conferences were out there and when the deadlines are if you are new to academia. I’m thinking I’ll probably set up a blog dedicated just to announcements and calls for papers, but for now, here’s one I’ll probably be trying for: […]
ASCUS about open communication access
The Academic Serials in Communication Unified System is a proposal from the folks at the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship who are trying to develop a new subscription-based not-for-profit full-text online index of communication journals. It’s not open access, but it is the right direction. And as the proposal stands, subscriptions will not be required […]
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