Science

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Remember when you were my age? If you wanted a paper, you'd schlep to the library to find it. You'd anticipate a new journal issue the way I anticipate a new episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians (that's a joke, sort of). You'd spend hours tracking down and formatting reference information. What you wouldn't do is sit at your desk, stare into the glossy-screened box in front of you, and wait for the information to come to you.