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From Data to Discovery: Your Complete Guide to Mastering Sociolinguistic Variation Analysis
Have you ever heard someone say: I hate it when people say ‘___’? When a sociolinguist hears that kind of comment, they take it as a good indication there’s something interesting going on. This book shows you how to uncover the hidden pa…
“Untied Hands: How States Avoid the Wrong Wars and Why the Sky is NOT Falling”
My new book, _Untied Hands: How States Avoid the Wrong Wars_ opposes conventional wisdom in in international relations scholarship. Contra widespread thinking, it proposes that states do not “tie their hands” when they wish to make threa…
Celebrating the Illustrative Career of Jay Belsky in Evolutionary Developmental Psychology
To call Jay Belsky a pioneer or trailblazer would be a gross understatement. He was an evolutionary psychologist before there was evolutionary psychology, and he was an evolutionary developmental psychologist before there was evolutionary developmen…
From “Eating Bitterness” to “Lying Flat”: China’s New Generation of Migrant Workers
The rise of the gig economy and precarious labor has caught both academic and media attention. What happens to the largest workforce in the world? The over 200-million rural-to-urban migrant workers have been behind the engine of China’s manufacturi…
Borders and long-term change in international order
Today the international order appears to be falling apart. War in Eastern Europe is continuing to escalate, militarism is on the rise in Western Europe, and the USA seems to be increasingly disinterested in playing by the rules which helped support its gl…
Mapping the World: How Cartography Shaped Global Science
In 1785, King Louis XVI of France commissioned Jean François de Galoup, comte de Lapérouse, to explore the Pacific Ocean, seeking to bolster French scientific prestige and imperial ambitions. The Académie des Sciences prepared a list …
Introducing A first course in Magnetohydrodynamics
Summary: A First Course in Magnetohydrodynamics offers a much-needed resource for undergraduate physics education. Despite the fact that magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD) can be used to describe more than 99.99% of the visible universe, it is usually rele…
Handbook of Compassion in Healthcare: A Practical Approach
We are medical doctors, psychiatrists, working in a world of infinite need, finite resources, and – increasingly – ‘evidence-based medicine’. We are trained to ask questions such as: What is the evidence behind this intervention? W…
Plan? What plan?
Sometimes plans work best when they don’t really bear the hallmarks of a plan. Less design and more muddling through can achieve unforeseen good. This might be said for a well-known, but less well-understood, postwar international aid program for As…
Exit from International Organizations: Costly Negotiation for Institutional Change
Exiting from international organizations (IOs) seems to be the strategy du jour in international relations. This is underscored by recent high-profile events: the implementation of Brexit in 2020, Russia’s IO exits after it invaded Ukraine in 2022, …
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Electric Weed Control Proves Shockingly Effective
A recently published article in the journal Weed Science shows electric control technologies can eradicate weeds just as effectively as herbicides or mechanical methods, with minimal risks to the crop, soil or the environment.
An Interview with Religious Studies Editor Yujin Nagasawa
Tell us about Religious Studies. When was the journal launched, and what is its scope? Religious Studies is a peer-reviewed international journal devoted to the philosophy of religion, engaging with both classical and contemporary debates across a wide…
JNS: Now the official journal of IUNS (2025-2026)
As of Nutrition Society’s summer meeting in 2025, I am two years into my tenure as the editor in chief of Journal of Nutritional Sciences. My vision for the journal is to place less emphasis on novelty than cutting edge journals, but to support the …
Hospitals Hire Tobacco Lobbyists. Why?
It is common for health organizations, including hospitals, to hire lobbyists who represent tobacco interests. In our study in the Journal of Public Policy, we test various hypotheses for why health organizations hire tobacco interests.…
Can Human Milk Sugars Help Soothe IBS? Exploring the Gut Microbiome’s Sweet Spot
If you've ever cared for a baby, you might know that human milk contains more than just nutrients—it’s packed with complex sugars called human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). These aren't digestible by infants but serve as food for beneficial gu…
Can Vitamin D Improve Iron Levels in Older People? A New Study Says No
Vitamin D is often hailed as a ‘wonder’ nutrient, credited with benefits ranging from bone health to immune support. But could it also help with iron absorption, particularly for older people? A recent clinical trial—the BEST-D study&mda…
Laetoli footprints: the relationship between the two individuals
For more on this topic, read the full article, Relationship between trackmakers of the Laetoli footprints from gait synchronization, by Wataru Nakahashi.…
Meet the Editors: Q&A with Angus O’Ferrall, Social Media Editor for Parasitology
Welcome to our “Meet the Editors” series, where we interview the editorial team about their work and their relationship to the journal.…
Omega-3 Supplements and Autism: A Closer Look at the Evidence
The Paper of the Month for March is ‘Impact of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on clinical manifestations in autism spectrum disorders: an umbrella review of meta-analyses“.…
Types of pandemic-induced psychological distress, clarity of responsibility, and support for incumbents
Although the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic now feels like a distant memory, the political consequences of that period remain a critical lens through which we can understand voter behaviour in times of crisis.…
