Some bits from others

Similar to the last post, here are some more choice bits from other people:

New vocab

Helpful Vocabulary for Journal Reviewers

The post offers some new words you might find useful to include in your next journal review, including:

Ignotum Per Ignotius n. An explanation which is even more obscure than the thing it purports to explain. Literally, “the unknown by the more unknown.” Can be unintended or intended.

There are a bunch of hilarious quotes from reviews too, including these gems:

The finding is not novel and the solution induces despair.

Nothing really new and even this is badly done.

This paper is desperate. Please reject it completely and then block the author’s email ID so they can’t use the online system in future.

Podcast suggestions

Carson Chow recently listed his podcast choices. (link)

Libraries are dead

An autopsy report for academic libraries, from the future. (link)

The International Space Station in front of the moon

Thierry Legault is the crème de la crème in astrophotography of man-made objects backlit by the sun and moon. He took the photo at the top of this post. His game is figuring out where to be and when, setting up, and then taking photos at a rate of about 3 shots per second. Many of his windows of opportunity are as little as 0.5 seconds. (link)