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Can Twitter Predict Elections?

Although the results of the US presidential election took many by surprise, Twitter analysis would have indicated that Donald Trump was winning the social media war. 'Twitter: A Digital Socioscope' provides an in-depth view of latest research dealing with the biases, misinformation, and state-of-the-art electoral forecasting.

Ingmar Weber, Yelena Mejova | 4 Apr 2017

Participatory mining of data streams: beyond crisis mapping

Emergency situations force us to take critical decisions in a very short time. Often, the first place people turn to for information is social media. A combination of human and machine intelligence can help make sense of the immense amount of data that comes from these widely varied perspectives and posts.

Carlos Castillo | 4 Apr 2017

Celebrating National Poetry Month: The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Poetry

Celebrate National Poetry Month with Cambridge University Press! In this blog post editor Walter Kalaidjian discusses The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Poetry.

Walter Kalaidjian | 4 Apr 2017

Episodic Memory in Mammals

Do all animals have episodic memory? Scott D. Slotnick author of Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory discusses episodic memory in mammals.

Scott D. Slotnick | 3 Apr 2017

Prevention Science across the Globe

Moshe Israelashvili & John L. Romano, editors of The Cambridge Handbook of International Prevention Science, introduce their recent title.

Moshe Israelashvili | 3 Apr 2017

Author Kenneth Armstrong reflects on the triggering of Article 50 and what happens next now the clock is ticking

Kenneth Armstrong is Professor of European Law at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Centre for European Legal Studies. His new book is Brexit Time In this exclusive article for 1584, he explains how Brexit is shaped by time: and now that the formal process for withdrawal from the EU has begun, he examines how this process is unfolding and its possible implications.

Kenneth A. Armstrong | 31 Mar 2017

Julia Wedgwood’s Pamphlet on Women’s Suffrage

Sam Evans, author of Darwin and Women, explores the life of Julia "Snow" Wedgwood - English feminist novelist, biographer, historian and literary critic - and Emma and Charles Darwin's niece.

Samantha Evans | 29 Mar 2017

The Ontological Turn

Following the recent release of The Ontological Turn: An Anthropological Exposition, we interview the book's authors, Martin Holbraad and Morten Axel Pedersen, to find out more...

Morten Axel Pedersen, Martin Holbraad | 28 Mar 2017

Impossible Mysteries

Arnold Glass author of Cognition: A Neuroscience Approach discusses misinformation in popular culture.

Arnold Glass | 27 Mar 2017

The Brain Basis of Forgetting

Forgetting in everyday life can usually be attributed to a failure to attend to information. This could be for numerous reasons such as not being interested in the material, being distracted by a cell...

Scott D. Slotnick | 27 Mar 2017

The Decline of American Democracy

The United States is no longer a fully functioning democracy. This according to the Intelligence Unit of The Economist magazine. The Democracy Index 2016, released in January 2017, now lists the United...

Kevin W. Saunders | 20 Mar 2017

The pleasures and complexities of the literature of the Beats

Some sixty years after the appearance of their most famous books, the Beat Generation writers are certainly not hurting for fans or publicity. In 2001, the literary world was rocked by the sale of the...

Steven Belletto | 20 Mar 2017