The Art Newspaper recently ran an article with the title “What should we do about paintings with racist titles?” As an example, it gave the Portrait of a Negress by Marie-Guillemine Benoist, painted in 1800...

“Wall Street is still a place where customers are parted from far too much of their money – particularly when they think they can beat the house.” (p. 247) Journalism...

Initial claims for regular state unemployment insurance fell by 18,000 for the week ending February 26, coming in at 215,000 (see first chart). That is the second decrease in a...

As described by Jackie Botts and Jesse Bedayn, “California is considering a radical proposal: Allow the state to negotiate wages, hours and work conditions for an entire industry.” They are...

Fernanda Barros, postdoc at University of Exeter, talks in this new post about her recent paper ‘Phytogeographic origin determines Tropical Montane Cloud Forest hydraulic trait composition’. She highlights the importance...

The Haldane Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Functional Ecology written by an early career author. Here is the shortlist for the 2021...

In this new post, Natasha de Manincor from University of Lille presents her work “Geographical variation of floral scents in generalist entomophilous species with variable pollinator communities”. She highlights the...

By Obiageli "Oby" EzekwesiliAfrica’s challenge with the COVID-19 pandemic goes beyond the health implications that have plagued the world, as the severe impact of the pandemic on global trade flows,...

By Milena Nikolova, Olga Popova, Vladimir OtrachshenkoPost-Soviet countries are in the spotlight again, given the current tragedy involving Russia and Ukraine. We study one episode in the common Soviet past—the...

Advances in digital technology and artificial intelligence hold great promise to boost economic prosperity and address some of the world’s most pressing challenges, but they can also worsen economic disparities...