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- Inciteful: Using Citations to Explore Academic Literature https://inciteful.xyz/ 47 comments
- Does cannabis use increase anxiety disorders? A literature review https://journals.lww.com/co-psychiatry/Abstract/publishahead/Does_cannabis_use_increase_anxiety_disorders__A.99171.aspx 3 comments
- ContentMine uses machines to liberate facts from scientific literature http://contentmine.org/ 2 comments
- Is there literature in sociolinguistics on the use of gendered language in Egnlish? https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/6nq7zd/is_there_literature_in_sociolinguistics_on_the/ 8 comments linguistics
- Should Literature Be Useful? : The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/11/should-literature-be-useful.html 4 comments books
- 1 in 3 eReaders Are Used to Hide the Reading of Children's Books and Erotic Literature http://gizmodo.com/5913494/1+in+3-ereading-devices-is-used-for-what 20 comments books
- Clock using time quotes from literature https://literature-clock.jenevoldsen.com/ 6 comments internetisbeautiful
- Study claims there is a decline in word use in literature. What do you think? http://www.zdnet.com.au/google-shows-were-killing-our-language-339333524.htm 26 comments linguistics
- a tool by google that shows the frequency of a words use in literature year by year. http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/ 5 comments linguistics
- Why can't the Bible be used as part of scientific literature? http://www.helium.com/items/148179-why-cant-the-bible-be-used-as-part-of-scientific-literature 2 comments reddit.com
- Touring Test - This website quizzes you on different cities around the world using literature and art created with generative AI https://touringtest.net 2 comments internetisbeautiful
- I’ve changed the way I learn drastically using Active Recall, which is now considered as the best study technique in the literature. https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/fxxmjt/ive_changed_the_way_i_learn_drastically_using/ 6 comments productivity
- When did the word "bug" start to be used in literature to address problems in a process? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/7aibha/when_did_the_word_bug_start_to_be_used_in/ 9 comments history
- Harvard Business School course uses works of literature instead of case studies to teach leadership http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/08/truth-in-fiction/ 25 comments business
- What is a precise statement of the 'Borde-Guth-Valenkin theorem' used in creationist literature? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kal%C4%81m_cosmological_argument 4 comments askscience
- The ghosts of Henrietta Lacks: cell line misidentification (largely from HeLa cells) contaminates the scientific literature - at least 32,000 papers use contaminated or misidentified cell lines. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0186281 8 comments science
- Teachers are using AI to make literature easier for students to read. This is a terrible idea. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/08/opinion/ai-classroom-teaching-reading/ 38 comments technology
- Teachers are using AI to make literature easier for students to read. This is a terrible idea. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/08/opinion/ai-classroom-teaching-reading/ 503 comments books
- Just launched a website for a new literature and arts magazine, Bealtaine. Built using Gatsby JS and headless Wordpress. The site builds via Gatsby Cloud and deploys to Netlify. Super efficient and cheap (can be free!) way to build a website. https://bealtainemag.ie/ 11 comments webdev
- Did you know that Exeter Cathedral in the southern county of Devon in England are in possesion of nothing less than the oldest book of English literature in the world? A book of incalculable value. Once used as a chopping board, The Exeter Book has a faciniating story. Happy #WorldBookDay https://news.exeter.gov.uk/world-book-day-2020/ 83 comments books
- Plant Species Identification Using Computer Vision Techniques: A Systematic Literature Review https://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2Fs11831-016-9206-z 4 comments computervision
- This data add to the growing body of literature demonstrating that electronic cigarette (Ecig) use during pregnancy (even without nicotine) is not safe, and primes offspring to have worse cardiovascular health outcomes in early and adult life. https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/japplphysiol.00345.2024 13 comments science
- AI used to text-mine scientific literature uncovers hidden knowledge. https://www.inquisitr.com/5525750/artificial-intelligence-research-papers/ 9 comments artificial
- Researchers analysing several centuries of literature have spotted a strange trend in our language patterns: the words we use tend to fall in and out of favour in a cycle that lasts around 14 years. http://www.palgrave-journals.com/articles/palcomms201684 9 comments science
- Turns out Ben Carson's claim he was offered a scholarship to West Point wasn't a complete lie, just an apparent misunderstanding. West Point has used the language (scholarship) in recruitment literature before. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/nov/08/ben-carson/carson-defends-west-point-scholarship-story/ 678 comments politics
- Classic: "Perhaps some of the finest moments in hiccup medicine have come from the small but determined literature on the use of digital rectal massage" http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2008/03/the_way_to_a_mans_h.html 2 comments science
- Researchers tested AI in academic tasks: strong in brainstorming/study design but weak at literature reviews, data analysis, and writing papers. Human oversight is essential. Study urged to require AI-use disclosures and ban AI in peer reviews. Bottom line: AI’s a helper, not a replacement. https://myscp.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcpy.1453 14 comments science
- Wellbeing of new parents is being potentially negatively impacted due to the emphasis placed on direct breastfeeding because some literature implies that mothers and parents who use expressed breastmilk may miss out on the same close relationship with their babies https://www.ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2023/10/new-parents-who-express-breastmilk-are-marginalised-by-health-advice,-study-shows 9 comments science
- Literature review finds that of 652 articles citing a retracted NEJM study using Surgisphere data, more than half were published three months or later following the article's retraction. Also, only 17.6% of the articles mentioned the retraction. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2782460 5 comments science
- Some instructive mathematical errors. "We describe various errors in the mathematical literature, and consider how some of them might have been avoided, or at least detected at an earlier stage, using tools such as Maple or Sage." [abstract + link to PDF, 25pp] https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.07269 8 comments math
- The use of acronyms has increased in the scientific literature, but acronym re-use is down. Analysis of 24 million article titles and 18 million article abstracts found at least one acronym in 19% of titles and 73% of abstracts. Most acronyms (79%) appeared fewer than 10 times in the literature. https://elifesciences.org/articles/60080 7 comments science
- New research provides evidence that psychedelic drugs can improve mental health by making individuals more accepting of distressing experiences. The study adds to a growing body of literature that indicates using substances like psilocybin can result in sustain improvements in depressive symptoms. https://www.psypost.org/2020/08/psychedelic-drugs-reduce-depressive-symptoms-by-helping-individuals-to-accept-of-their-emotions-study-suggests-57654 1760 comments science
- Several countries are legalizing the use of medicinal cannabis and easing restrictions on its recreational use. A new systematic review aimed to assess the effect of cannabis use on puberty in children could not find eligible studies and highlighted a significant gap in existing literature. https://www.dovepress.com/the-effect-of-cannabis-exposure-on-pubertal-outcomes-a-systematic-revi-peer-reviewed-article-ahmt 4 comments science
- 50 Cent offered writer Chinua Achebe $1 million for using the title of his novel "Things Fall Apart" for his movie. Achebe's legal team replied, "the novel was initially produced in 1958, listed as the mostly read book in modern African literature, and won’t be sold for even 1 Billion Dollars” http://www.clashmusic.com/news/chinua-achebe-vs-50-cent 18 comments books
- Development of new drugs focuses on just 60% of potential drug targets. A new study used data mining to examine huge amounts of literature within the health and medical sciences and other evidence sources in order to identify both the most and least studied proteins for drug targets. http://healthsciences.ku.dk/news/2018/02/new-knowledge-about-the-human-genome-paves-the-way-for-new-drugs/ 4 comments science
- Pierce College student files 'free speech zone' lawsuit; He could not distribute literature outside a small area the campus designated as a "free speech zone." He also was told he needed a permit to use the "free speech zone". http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-essential-education-updates-southern-pierce-college-student-files-lawsuit-1490737382-htmlstory.html 4 comments moderatepolitics
- Hundreds of Muslim Scholars Sign Letter Officially Denouncing ISIS as `UnIslamic': It takes ISIS to task on ... the Qur'an and Hadith literature ... for their blatant disregard for traditional, or even literal interpretation of the religious works they use to justify their terrorism. http://countercurrentnews.com/2014/09/muslim-scholars-sign-letter-officially-denouncing-isis-as-unislamic/ 34 comments worldnews
- The administration at a school in Oregon has banned Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" - Please sign this petition to allow the teacher to continue using this brilliant literature in the classroom! http://www.change.org/petitions/north-bend-high-school-administration-allow-toni-morrison-s-novel-the-bluest-eye-to-be-reinstated-in-the-honors-english-3-curriculum?share_id=KTQUtyRnXo&utm_campaign=share_button_action_box&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition 5 comments books
- On this day in 1977: Tens of thousands of students in South Africa protested the use of european language as the medium of education in sciences, mathematics, literature, and language. The aftermath of the protests left 700-4000 students, men women and children dead. http://worldafropedia.com/afropedia/soweto_massacre 4 comments history