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The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is Awarded for the Discovery of MicroRNAs: Why It Matters
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded on October 7th to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNAs (miRNAs). This ground-breaking finding transformed our understanding of how gene activity is controlled. I am the a…
Ulster’s Lost Counties: A Warning from the Past?
In the midst of the Anglo-Irish War, on 21 August 1920, fourteen IRA volunteers attacked a farm owned by the Corscadden family at Carricknahorna in the hills of South Donegal. This was later the family home of Hazel Corscadden, the mother of future Britis…
Finding Hope for the Future in Queer History
LGBTQ+ rights are under attack around the country. In just the first six months of 2024, state legislators introduced 527 bills targeting the LGBTQ+ community. The situation is so dire that the Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ…
Hemingway and Writing for the “Long Future”
Volume 6 of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, spanning June 1934 through June 1936, includes 366 items of correspondence, directed to 116 recipients. In our introductions to the volume, we note that Hemingway’s enthusiasm for the growing sport of dee…
“They’re eating the pets” Racial stereotyping in politics
When viewers watched the first presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, they were astonished when the latter candidate made the claim that immigrants in Ohio are eating cats and dogs. Trump said, “In Springfield, they’re eat…
‘Where are you from? No, where are you really from?’ Questions from the other side of the table.
In all stages of psychopathology — the expression, experience, development, outcome, help-seeking and treatment interventions — culture is central. [1] Definitions of culture vary enormously and are often contested but, for the purposes here, …
John Cleland Plays Dead?
John Cleland, best remembered as the author of the erotic novel Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (1748-49), was a tricksy and entertaining correspondent. His letters, just published by Cambridge University Press, reveal his attempts to insinuate himself wit…
Is Musical Modernism Western?
This year’s edition of the annual World New Music Days by the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) took place on the Faroe Islands. Alongside the host nation, the opening concert featured works by composers from South Africa, Norway, …
America’s French Orphans: Mobilization, Humanitarianism, and the Protection of France during World War
Months before the United States entered the war, American men, women, and children mobilized to “adopt” France’s orphans. Through a binational humanitarian relief organization known as the Fatherless Children of France Society (FCFS), Am…
Energy Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe: The Political Economy of Climate and Energy Policy
Even before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine put energy security at the centre of EU policy, countries from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) considered this issue to be crucial part of not only energy policy, but also national security. Energy Transit…
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Celebrating student editors of the GLJ, and a new issue
It is our particular pleasure to present the latest issue of the German Law Journal, which not only contains five outstanding articles but also showcases the academic research of our student editors from Washington and Lee University Faculty of Law.&helli…
A Global Call to Action for Mediterranean Climate Research
In our 2024 paper, “Integrative Research of Mediterranean Climate Regions: A Global Call to Action“ we highlight the need for a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to studying Mediterranean-climate regions.…
Improving pilots’ tactical decisions in air combat training
The good, the bad, and the ugly: this article explores improving pilots' tactical decisions in air combat training using the critical decision method and introduces a paper published by Cambridge University Press in The Aeronautical Journal.
New research to improve aerial firefighting: flight performance analysis of aerial firefighting
Fires are increasing in frequency, geographic extent and threat to infrastructure and people. Research described here in The Aeronautical Journal can inform fire fighters to improve the response.
Bad Taxidermy and Scattered Human Bones – A Ritual from the Iron Age Steppes
Horses played an indispensable role in the world of the Iron Age steppe, influencing everyday life, warfare, and ceremonial practices. Comprising a flamboyant art style and a unique way of life including horseback archery, Scythian material culture has lo…
Bibles and Bible Translating in Early Modern England
There are some 6 billion bibles circulating across the globe and a further 100 million printed every year. Each of these copies, from the children’s illustrated editions to the grandly bound King James Bibles, make a claim to be the textual and mate…
Right to Self-Determination, Jus Cogens and Semantics in International Court of Justice
On 19th July 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rendered an Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Israel’s Occupation of Palestinian Territories.The…
Reducing children’s exposure to unhealthy food marketing: What policies are most effective?
Childhood obesity is a growing concern and is driven in part by widespread exposure to unhealthy food marketing. Various policies could help to reduce this exposure, targeting specific products, settings and marketing mediums, such as TV and outdoor signs…
“Due Regard for Future Generations? The No-Harm Rule and Sovereignty in the Advisory Opinions on Climate Change
In “Due Regard for Future Generations? The No-Harm Rule and Sovereignty in the Advisory Opinions on Climate Change,” a new open access article in Transnational Environmental Law, Caroline Foster introduces the idea that states m…
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
September 29th is designated as the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste by the United Nations General Assembly and is co-convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization and the United Nations Environment Program.…
