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The Size of Things: As Told Through a Sheet of A4 Paper

How big is the universe? How small is the quantum realm? The answer lies in a sheet of A4 paper…

  • By David Crotty
  • Apr 16, 2021
  • 5 Comments

Off for President’s Day

We’re off today for the US holiday, regular posting to resume tomorrow.

  • By David Crotty
  • Feb 15, 2021
  • 0 Comments

Amanda Gorman at the Moth Grand Slam

Amanda Gorman, Youth Poet Laureate, continues to impress in surprising ways.

  • By David Crotty
  • Feb 5, 2021
  • 5 Comments

Channeling Your Newfound Cognitive Surplus — What’s the Correct Plural Form of “Octopus”?

Which is correct — octopi or octopuses? Or something else?

  • By David Crotty
  • Jan 29, 2021
  • 10 Comments

The View from Above

NASA’s top twenty images of the Earth, taken in 2020 from the International Space Station.

  • By David Crotty
  • Jan 8, 2021
  • 2 Comments

X-Ray Bat Flight

Ever wanted to see an x-ray film of a bat in flight? Now’s your chance, courtesy of the BBC.

  • By David Crotty
  • Dec 11, 2020
  • 3 Comments

Thanks A Lot — A Quarantined Thanksgiving

A Thanksgiving song for a year that has left us broken-hearted.

  • By David Crotty
  • Nov 26, 2020
  • 0 Comments

Size Matters, or, Why Don’t We Have Gigantic Bacteria?

Why aren’t we overrun with gigantic bacteria? It’s a matter of diffusion.

  • By David Crotty
  • Nov 20, 2020
  • 1 Comment

Halloween’s Greetings

A gorgeous version of a ghost song for your Halloween listening.

  • By David Crotty
  • Oct 30, 2020
  • 14 Comments

Scholarly Setlist: a Game for Lockdown

Passing the time during lockdown: how many bands can you think of with something relating to scholarly publishing in their name? Charlie Rapple shares a few to get you started in today’s Scholarly Kitchen.

  • By Charlie Rapple
  • Apr 10, 2020
  • 91 Comments

Ask The Chefs: Picking A Superpower!

With the world in chaos around us, this month we’ve asked the Chefs about superpowers! What would YOU select if you could pick any superpower? Let us know.

  • By Ann Michael
  • Mar 26, 2020
  • 6 Comments

Animal Sounds Around the World

Some fun Friday language explorations — why do animal make different sounds in different languages?

  • By David Crotty
  • Jul 26, 2019
  • 2 Comments

Friday Potion Puzzler

A puzzle to keep your brain active on a Friday…

  • By David Crotty
  • May 17, 2019
  • 5 Comments

Alien, the Stage Play

It’s Friday — take a break with this glorious high school stage production of a famous science fiction movie.

  • By David Crotty
  • Mar 29, 2019
  • 6 Comments

Ask The Chefs: What Travel Tips Have Worked For You?

It’s that time of the year again – when we add personal travel to our business travel. See what travel tips the Chefs have to offer and please contribute your own!

  • By Ann Michael
  • Jul 26, 2018
  • 31 Comments
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Like all OA funding models, subscribe-to-open solves some problems while creating others. Some of the downsides are pretty fundamental. https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2021/04/20/feasibility-sustainability-and-the-subscribe-to-open-model/ via @scholarlykitchn

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