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This news story is rocking the boat in the academic world where titles have often been valued above effort. A Chinese journal says: when publishing academic research, stop handing your supervisor the first-author spot if they didn't earn it. Is this a long-overdue wake-up call for ethical publishing, or a challenge to entrenched academic practices? / What's the most useless phrase to use in an email (20:50)? On the show: Heyang, Li Yi & Yushun
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