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Yearly Archives: 2024

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  • 18 Nov 2024
    Tadashi Nakano, Andrew Eckford, Tokuko Haraguchi

    Small talk: Exchanging messages at the nanoscale with molecular communication

    The ability to sense and manipulate the body at the level of individual cells has long been a vision for the future of medicine, as well as a staple of science fiction. When it is finally realized, this vision will have a revolutionary impact on human health. For example, consider the treatment of cancer: instead […]

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  • 15 Nov 2024
    Dominic Rohner

    When Leaders Fail on Peace: The Roots of Political Sabotage and How We Can Stop It

    Politicians frequently derail peace efforts by prioritizing short-term political gains over long-term stability. Take the example of Nicaragua, where during the Cold War the United States propped up the infamous Contra rebel organization that fought the Soviet-backed Sandinista government. The ensuing war lasted nine long years, and led to a large death toll. My new […]

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  • 14 Nov 2024
    Daniel Silverman

    Understanding the Appeal and Limits of Misinformation in War

    Palestinians are faking their injuries. The October 7th attack was an “inside job.” Ukraine is full of secret Western chemical weapons labs. Misinformation narratives in situations of war and conflict continue to pile up around the world. When and where do these kinds of narratives spread, and what explains the extent to which people accept […]

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  • 14 Nov 2024
    David M. L. Branford, Regi T. Alexander, Mary Barrett, Satheesh K. Gangadharan

    To prescribe or not to prescribe – that is the question?

    It’s 4pm on a Friday. The phones are ringing. ‘Somebody must do something!’ ‘The situation is out of control’. ‘Someone will get hurt’! ‘If something doesn’t happen soon, we will have to admit her to hospital’! A familiar scenario for many clinicians working in the field of intellectual disabilities and where the outcome may well […]

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  • 14 Nov 2024
    Charles F. Manski

    Coping with Uncertainty in Public Policy

    A foundational objective of the Constitution of the United States is to “promote the general Welfare.” However, the Constitution does not define “general Welfare.” The Constitutional premise that the United States should promote the general welfare exemplifies frequent broad assertions that entities making societal decisions should aim to maximize social welfare. Such assertions may have […]

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  • 13 Nov 2024
    Takaaki Hiratsuka

    From Imposter to Impact: My Journey with Native-Speakerism and Trans-Speakerism in ELT

    Have you ever felt like an imposter in your own profession? As a non-native English-speaking teacher and researcher, I’ve spent years grappling with this feeling. It wasn’t until very recently that I realized how far I’d come. And more importantly, how much our field needs to change. This personal journey drove me to write my […]

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  • 12 Nov 2024
    Ignacio Cofone

    Harm and Power in the Information Economy

    The Information Economy At Facebook’s initial public offering in 2012, Mark Zuckerberg shared a motto: “Move fast and break things.” Later abandoned by Facebook, the catchphrase prevails as a call for disruptive innovation. It’s invoked by tech executives who insist they must “break eggs to make an omelet,” and also in policy circles to condemn […]

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  • 8 Nov 2024
    Lorenzo Iorio

    Orbital motions as tools to test post-Newtonian and alternative models of gravity

    The General Theory of Relativity (GTR), enunciated just over a hundred years ago by Albert Einstein, remains to this day the best available description of gravitation, the feeblest out of the four fundamental interactions and, nonetheless, the one which shapes and governs the natural world at the grandest scales. Especially in recent decades, empirical evidence […]

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