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Knowledge transfer from Public Science: The unsung hero of the COVID-19 vaccine success
Vaccines to combat the threat of Covid-19 have been developed at an amazing speed – in under a year. The figure below, from the journal Nature, puts this spectacular success in perspective — the fastest any vaccine had previously been develope…
The “National” in National Parks
When sections of the Amazon rainforest burned in 2019, Brazilian far-right president Jair Bolsonaro blamed international NGOs. The charge, however, was a bluff to deflect criticism of his failure to protect the forest. It turns out it was local Brazilian …
Fictions of Authority; or Editing a Cambridge History of Native American Literature
For a Native studies scholar who studiously avoids definitive proclamations about the nature of our field or procrustean taxonomies of its artistic productions, editing a Cambridge History of Native American Literature was a prospect both formidable and a…
False News? A Closer Look at Early Modern Public Opinion
In modern democracies, the ‘public sphere’ is an essential concept that seeks to explain how public opinion is formed and expressed. Historical accounts of the public sphere have reflected the present-day importance of a free press by pointing…
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race
To coincide with the publication of The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race, we talked to some of the contributors of the volume. We asked them what they hope students and teachers would gain from their chapter, and where they hope the field will …
Going Deep and Going Broad with Ultracold Atoms
The ultracold atomic physics has now emerged as an interdisciplinary research area between AMO physics and condensed matter physics. Author Hui Zhai discusses the discipline in his new book “Ultracold Atomic Physics”.
Shakespeare and Lost Plays
According to figures generously supplied by Martin Wiggins, of the approximately 3000 plays that were written between c.1567 and 1642 for the public theatres in London, a mere 543 have survived in print or manuscript. In other words, whenever we try to un…
What do the data say?
In modern times we experience regular public exchanges of opinion, whether about COVID-19 policies, humanity’s influence on climate, or whether or not the local jail needs replacing. When arguing in the public sphere, opposing sides each frame…
Consul Games (and Other Legal Stories of Empire)
The recent spat between the EU and the UK over the legitimate status of EU ambassadors is a reminder of the ways in which states assert their existence. By refusing to give the EU ambassador the same status as a fellow state counterpart, the UK emphasised…
Alliances and Sovereignty in European History
In the last decade, Western Europe’s two main systems of alliance – NATO and the EU – have both experienced crises that threatened their existence. From battles over economic austerity, to demands that some NATO partners increase their m…
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Disentangling Domesticity
A new blog from Professor Lin Foxhall looking at domestic interactions in the ancient world.
Mining Shakespeare
Gretchen E. Minton's new blog discusses the context of her recent article ‘Ecological Adaptation in Montana: Timon of Athens to Timon of Anaconda’ - out now in Cambridge journal 'New Theatre Quarterly'.
Better diet leads to better population health and has economic benefits – but it takes time
The Paper of the Month for March 2021 is ‘Diet quality improvement and 30-year population health and economic outcomes: a microsimulation study’ from Public Health Nutrition and is free to access for 1 month.…
Fluids Writing Competition – now open!
Are you passionate about fluid mechanics and its applications? Are you looking to develop your writing skills and engage with an audience that's just as enthusiastic on the subject as you are? We have the competition for you.
How can the Black Lives Matter riots be justified, whereas the “Stop the Steal” riot is not?
This post first appeared on Jonathan Havercroft’s blog in January 2021. During the middle of the Stop the Steal riot on Wednesday, some commentators on social media argued that this showed how those who defended Black Lives Matter riots in the su…
Chasing the essence of essential use
This article introduces “The Concept of Essential Use: A Novel Approach to Regulating Chemicals in the European Union,” a new Open Access article in Transnational Environmental Law.…
Looking at Pictures
The RCPsych Article of the Month for February is: ‘Mad agency’, reflections on Goya’s ‘The Madhouse’ by Jennifer Radden published in BJPsych Bulletin.…
From Under the Elbow to Pointing to the Palm: Learning “medicine by the book” in premodern China
My article thus focuses on transformations in the main metaphors in ancient to late medieval titles of Chinese medical books used to convey to potential readers their ‘learning-by-the-book’ contents.
The policy questions we all now face are ripe for exploring our new Review
Launching the National Institute Economic Review at 62 years old! We are, of course, still living in the grip of a Covid pandemic that is neither well understood nor under control.…
Study shows Latino families more likely to have purchased toddler milk
Though multiple national health organizations recommend against giving toddler milk – a nutrient-fortified drink for children ages 12 months to 3 years that often contains added sugars – to young children, a new study suggests Latino families …
The ‘Conflict Minerals Regulation’ or the ‘Regulation on Responsible Sourcing of Minerals’: Evolving Purpose and Terminology
On 1 January 2021 the ‘Regulation (EU) 2017/821 laying down supply chain due diligence obligations for Union importers of tin, tantalum and tungsten, their ores, and gold (3TGs) originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas’ (CAHRAs) …
IQ is NOT Intelligence and Neither Are Other Test Scores!
In The Nature of Intelligence and Its Development in Childhood, I seek to make one big point and a number of subsidiary ones.…