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Computational Social Choice at a Glance

Over the last two decades, the computational social choice research community has grown from a handful of enthusiasts to hundreds of researchers, who have painted a beautiful picture of the interaction...

Jérôme Lang, Ulle Endriss, Ariel D. Procaccia, Vincent Conitzer, Felix Brandt | 18 Apr 2017

Celebrating National Poetry Month: Yeats and Modern Poetry

I wrote Yeats and Modern Poetry because I think that W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) did more than any other poet to create something we recognise as ‘modern poetry’. Without Yeats, there might not be a ‘poetry...

18 Apr 2017

Freud & Thinking the ‘Future’ Part 1

I recently contributed a short entry for Fueling Culture: 101 Words for Energy and Environment (2017) called “Future.”  In it I outline the task of thinking the future in light of the crisis of capitalism...

Todd Dufresne | 17 Apr 2017

The Consolidation Debate

The hippocampus binds information between different cortical regions during long-term memory. However, long-term memories may only depend on the hippocampus for a limited time. In the standard model of...

Scott D. Slotnick | 17 Apr 2017

How Government Insiders Subvert the Public Interest

Mark A. Zupan, author of Inside Job, discusses whether democracy - government by the people - can ensure government for the people.

Mark A. Zupan | 14 Apr 2017

Putting Out Fire With Gasoline!

Christopher Wright and Daniel Nyberg, authors of Climate Change, Capitalism and Corporations: Processes of Creative Self-Destruction, explore how climate change now represents an existential crisis.

Christopher Wright, Daniel Nyberg | 13 Apr 2017

What is reality? – Why I’m Marching for Science on Earth Day

On April 22 we march across the globe to celebrate and affirm the reality of our senses, the truth of our observations, and the beauty of our complicated world.

Fred D. Singer | 12 Apr 2017

#EarthDay Can we still hope to meet a ‘Two Degree Scenario’

Frank Incropera, author of Climate Change : A Wicked Problem, discusses the agreements put into place after the UN COP21 in December 2015 and considers whether these agreements can still be truly realised.

Frank Incropera | 12 Apr 2017

Earth Day 2017 – Stay Educated #MarchForScience

Join Publishing Director Matt Lloyd in celebrating Earth Day, 'Stay Educated with Cambridge' and help to spread scientific knowledge on issues in ecology, the environment, policy and governance. Join in the discussion with #EarthDay and maybe join a #MarchForScience in your area.

Matt Lloyd | 12 Apr 2017

Celebrating National Poetry Month: The Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets

Celebrate National Poetry Month with Cambridge University Press! In this blog post editor and poet Gerry Dawe discusses his forthcoming book The Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets.

Gerald Dawe | 11 Apr 2017

Between Idealism and Realism

Why did I write The Writing on the Wall? I can point to a few moments as prompters. The first was a debate within Israeli human rights organizations in 2000, when the Second Intifada began. Until then,...

Aeyal Gross | 10 Apr 2017

Alzheimer’s Disease and Long-Term Memory

Scott D. Slotnick author of Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory discusses the link between Alzheimer's and long term memory.

Scott D. Slotnick | 10 Apr 2017