Just-So Stories vs Science: Why Testing Ideas Matters
Evolutionary explanations for human behaviour are everywhere. They appear in academic research, across social media, and increasingly within online communities like the manosphere.
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Cover Artwork: Cathie Pilkington
In the May 26 edition of Muses – the arts blog from BJPsych International – Dr Tim McInerny, Pictures Editor, BJPsych International, introduces Cathie Pilkington, the artist whose work is on the cover of the latest edition of BJPsych International.…
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“When are you having children?” – Why that Question Lands Differently for Some Women
The RCPsych Article of the Month for May is Early maladaptive schemas as mediators of pronatalist pressures: comparative study of psychological distress in child-free women and mothers.…
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Do Young Children of Mothers with BPD Really Struggle with Emotion Regulation?
Difficulties in emotion regulation during early childhood are often discussed as early risks for later psychopathology. This issue is of interest for children of mothers with BPD, since the disorder can be linked to emotional and interpersonal challenges.…
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Close Encounters of the Nocturnal Kind
Deep in the rainforest, darkness envelops the canopy as night falls. It’s time for the night shift to begin. Nocturnal arboreal mammals are amongst the most difficult mammals to study because their activity takes place high in the canopy after dark, two conditions that are difficult for human observers to overcome passively.
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Jhum Farming and Rice Diversity: Insights from Mon, Nagaland, India
In the hills of Mon district, Nagaland, farming is more than just food production; it is a way of life deeply rooted in culture, tradition, and community. Our recent study explores how jhumcultivation —a traditional shifting agricultural system —continues to sustain livelihoods while also conserving rich diversity of rice germplasm in the region.
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From the clinic to the lecture theatre – mental health literacy for higher education students
The RCPsych Article of the Month for April is ‘‘A longitudinal quasi-experimental study of a pedagogical approach to supporting undergraduate well-being and mental health: digital interdisciplinary accredited elective mental health literacy university course“.…
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Driven to End Malaria: Parasitology marks World Malaria Day 2026
On Saturday 25 April, we in Parasitology mark World Malaria Day 2026 and take a moment to reflect on the research, collaboration, and global efforts that continue to drive progress against one of the world’s most persistent infectious diseases.…
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Laser Weeding Proves Feasible for Turfgrass Management
New research shows that lasers could offer a viable alternative or complement to chemical weed control in turfgrass, based on field trials conducted at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, in July 2024 and March 2025.…
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Between Rome, Berlin and Brussels: Rexism and the Circulation of Fascist Models in Europe
On 10 July 1938, several thousand supporters of the Rexist movement gathered in the Flemish village of Lombeek-Notre-Dame, on the outskirts of Brussels.…
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Q&A for Ten New Insights in Climate Science 2025
How is this initiative different from other assessments or reports? There are already a number of high-quality climate science reports produced for broad audiences.…
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Digging up the past: Uncovering ancient parasites at the Cambridge Festival
During the afternoon of Saturday 28th March, Parasitology supported a well-attended public engagement session within the 2026 Cambridge Festival, Parasites in ancient civilisations.…
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Conference Review | Cambridge Materials Empowers Academic Exchange in Photocatalysis, Jointly Exploring New Paths for Green Development
Recently, the "4th International Forum of 100 Photocatalyst Scholars (China) 2026", sponsored by Cambridge Materials, was held in Chengdu, attracting top scholars and researchers from the field of photocatalysis from all over the world.
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April Releases from Cambridge Aspire
Written for students working in a range of disciplines, this textbook provides an accessible, balanced, and nuanced introduction to the field of public international law.…
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Who Gets to Define Civil Society?
Civil society is often imagined as a space of pluralism, participation, and democratic life. Yet its meaning is never fully settled.…
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Photogrammetry in Three Acts
In “Without a Roadmap: Reflections on the Emergent Methods of Community-Based Archaeology,” I examine the ways that working with community can shape and transform research design over the course of a project.…
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Making a Psychologist: Vibe Coding a Data Collector
This is part 2 of Making a Psychologist, a blog series written in part to promote my good new textbook, Fundamentals of Biological Psychology: A Critical Perspective.…
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Banking on cooperation: taking cooperation theory into the field of microfinance
A central aim in the study of cooperation is to test whether mechanisms identified in theory and laboratory experiments operate in the messy conditions of human societies.…
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“Danke, Amerika!?” Gratitude and German-American Relations under Trump 2.0
In June 2025, German foreign minister Johann Wadephul (CDU) gave a keynote speech at the annual dinner of the Arthur F.…
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Following tiny footprints in an Albertan ancient floodplain with Ryusuke Kimutsuki
When you imagine the Cretaceous Period (145-66 million years ago), dinosaurs probably come to mind. This is certainly true for the famed Wapiti Formation of western Canada, which is host to a number of Cretaceous beasts from ~70 million years ago, including tyrannosaurids, hadrosaurs, and ceratopsians as well as their trackways, but also birds, fish, and early mammals.
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Permian water fleas reinterpreted as oldest record of clitellate worm cocoons
Clitellates (Clitellata: Annelida) are small, aquatic, segmented worms, including leeches and earthworms, that occupy many habitats from land, to freshwater, to oceans.…
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Manhood, Money and Survival: Rethinking Child Soldiers in Somalia
Why understanding contemporary youth militancy demands history Al-Shabaab fighters patrolling Afgooye-Mogadishu road (2025) In civil war-era Somalia in the early 1990s, global media headlines about ‘stoned teenagers’ cruising Mogadishu on jeeps mounted with machine guns became synonymous with the construction of Somalia as a ‘chaotic African country’ in which one could be killed for nothing more than ‘the clothes on your back’ (New York Times, 1992).…
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Beyond Sweetness: Why Stevia’s Hidden Genetic Wealth Matters
Written by Andres D. Sanabria-Velazquez, Ignacio Achon, Liliana N. Talavera-Stefani and Guillermo A. Enciso-Maldonado. The authors are researchers based in Paraguay and the United States.…
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The One Where Joey Meets Marcel Mauss: Theories of Giving, Receiving and Gratitude
“Joey: Anyway, I started on what I’m gonna say for the ceremony. You want to hear it? Monica: Yeah. Joey: Listen, this is just the first draft, so… “We gathered here today on this joyous occasion to celebrate the special love that Monica and Chandler share” Eh?…
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Cambridge Materials Q&A with Rumana Hossain
As part of an ongoing series of Q&As with our Cambridge Materials Board Members, Dr Rumana Hossain, UNSW Sydney, Australia a Cambridge Materials: Circularity Associate Editor discusses their research, recent advances in materials, and perspectives on future challenges and opportunities in the field.
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From Depression to True Joy by Tope Ogundare
In his third contribution, psychiatrist, poet and pianist Tope Ogundare reviews Nigerian Public Relations mogul, Chude Jideonwo’s memoir, How Depression Saved My Life, for the April edition of Muses.…
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Sluts, Bitches, and Battle-axes: women and insults
The English language contains a wealth of insults and terms of abuse. Personal insults attack the core and immutable aspects of a person, such as their race, ethnicity, appearance, age, or a disability.…
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Race Isn’t Biological — So Why Do So Many Still Think It Is?
Even though findings from genetics and other sciences unequivocally refute biological conceptions of race, this erroneous viewpoint remains widespread among the general public.…
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Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’: why a 3,000-year-old story still captivates us
As Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' reaches cinemas, explore the scholarship behind one of history's most enduring and influential stories.
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Reflections on House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths
The March article of Muses – the arts blog from BJPsych International is the first blog of the series. The blog is written by Dr Dami Ajayi, Specialty Doctor, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Trainee/Blog Editor, BJPsych International.…
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How did Down syndrome get its name?
Some disability-related names have dropped out of usage, because they are now considered to be offensive due to their origins. Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21) is one example.…
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How the Digital Curation Crisis is endangering archaeology
Archaeology and cultural heritage work have fully entered the digital age. Today, researchers rely on tools like 3D scanners, a variety of GIS software, and Lidar equipped drones to document the past in ways that were unimaginable just a few decades ago.…
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Challenging neoliberalism through archaeological practice
A few months ago, we responded to a call for papers for a themed issue for Advances in Archaeological Practice entitled “Advances in Archaeological Labor Management.”…
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The need of an ethics of planetary sustainability
How long will humankind survive? Besides the fact that we have been able to eliminate ourselves with nuclear weapons for decades, even without a third world war, the challenge to take care of the resources of our planet remains; we need to use them in a way that our children and their children can have a place on Earth as well. In this blog post Andreas Losch discusses his recent review article in the International Journal of Astrobiology, The need of an ethics of planetary sustainability
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Nothing-Burger? U.S. Obligation to Defend the Philippines in the South China Sea – Part 1
It is an article of faith among ordinary Filipinos that American troops will die with Filipino troops defending Philippine claims to the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea (SCS).…
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The 33%: Q&A with Dame Anna Dominiczak
Q&A with Editor-in-Chief of the Precision Medicine Journal, Dame Anna Dominiczak, for International day of Women and Girls in Science
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The impact of parasite infection on mental illness
More and more research is finding inflammation as a potential contributing factor towards to the development of various mental illnesses. A systematic review was conducted to determine the association between parasitic infection and mental illnesses in various African populations. Two parasite groups were evaluated; helminths and protozoans, and four mental illness classifications; depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, schizotypal disorders and unspecified mental illnesses.
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Reflections on House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths
The March article of Muses – the arts blog from BJPsych International is the first blog of the series. The blog is written by Dr Dami Ajayi, Specialty Doctor, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Trainee/Blog Editor, BJPsych International.…
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Conversations with Authors: Institutionalized Police Brutality
This is the first post in our new series: “Conversations with Authors.” For our inaugural post, we asked Dr. Vesla Weaver to meet (virtually) with Dr.…
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Sluts, Bitches, and Battle-axes: women and insults
The English language contains a wealth of insults and terms of abuse. Personal insults attack the core and immutable aspects of a person, such as their race, ethnicity, appearance, age, or a disability.…
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