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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...

Maïa Pal | 23 Feb 2021

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,...

Christopher W. Close | 19 Feb 2021

Climate Interactions among Ocean Basins

There is overwhelming evidence that climate interactions among ocean basins provide key contributions to global climate variability in a wide range of time scales.  For example, it is accepted...

Carlos R. Mechoso | 19 Feb 2021

False Allies?

We have spent the last couple of years editing a Cambridge volume on gender in American literature and thinking about what the Trump administration’s glorification of white patriarchal nationalism has...

Jean Lutes, Jennifer Travis | 17 Feb 2021

Protect Yourself by Using These Seven Powerful Cognitive Tools

Worldwide, we are becoming more tribal in our thinking, but we define our tribes differently than we did in the past. In the 21st century, we define our tribes in terms of shared beliefs rather than through...

Denise D. Cummins | 17 Feb 2021

Surgery and Selfhood in Early Modern England

In 1686, John Moyle published a guidebook for young surgeons working in the navy. Before a battle, he advised, they should set up their stations ready to perform amputations. They’d need a barrel to...

Alanna Skuse | 17 Feb 2021

Evaluating An Alternative Cosmology

In the last few years, it has become apparent that there are two theories of cosmology that can claim to successfully explain the observations. The standard theory is called the LCDM (Lambda-cold dark...

David Merritt | 16 Feb 2021

Soju: A Global History

Soju, distinctive spirit of Korea, is clear and colorless and tastes like vodka. Not as famous as brandy and vodka, the true global spirits, soju has recently become popular on the international market...

Hyunhee Park | 15 Feb 2021

Antoine Lavoisier: carbon cycle pioneer

Hello and welcome to my blog on “deep carbon science” –– a fascinating research field in the geosciences. My history of deep carbon science gives lively accounts of 150 scientists who contributed...

Simon Mitton | 15 Feb 2021

Governing the Climate-Energy Nexus

Combating climate change and transitioning to fossil-free energy systems are two central planetary challenges humanity faces today Combating climate change and transitioning to fossil-free energy...

Fariborz Zelli, Jakob Skovgaard, Karin Bäckstrand, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Oscar Widerberg | 12 Feb 2021

Climate change and bears: The case of polar bear and giant panda

The effects of climate change on ecological processes and biodiversity is globally recognized. The main causes of this change are the anthropogenic gas emissions. If the current level of emission continues,...

Vincenzo Penteriani, Mario Melletti | 10 Feb 2021

Solitary Confinement in Nineteenth-Century Prisons

When British author Charles Dickens visited the United States in 1842, there were two destinations he had his heart set on visiting: Niagara Falls and Eastern State Penitentiary. Opened in 1829, Philadelphia’s...

Ashley T. Rubin | 4 Feb 2021