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This paper describes oxygen loss in water not merely as another consequence of climate change or pollution, but as a potentially independent threat to the stability of the Earth system.

The central idea is that aquatic deoxygenation, i.e. declining dissolved oxygen in oceans, lakes, rivers, reservoirs and coastal waters, should potentially become a tenth "planetary boundary."

This paper studies how AI agents' choices are influenced by their peers. It is found that advanced models tend to follow the majority, and they can use this mechanism to coordinate groups far larger than human groups.

This article tells a story of the birth of neural networks. Two physicists, John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton, are the inventors of neural networks. The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to them.

Neil Fligstein is the Class of 1939 Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California.

This essay responds to an invitation by the editors of Sociologica to write about publication strategy.

"The good thing about the modern era of publishing is that there are many outlets for publication...The bad thing is that the proliferation of these outlets means that having others’ find your work becomes harder."

Published: 2019-05-08

This paper tries to answer a question: Can current frontier AI agents automate open-ended AI research? The answer of authors is essentially: not yet.

An essay arguing that mentorship -- not just from your supervisor, but a broader network of peer and near-peer relationships -- is what actually determines whether graduate students feel supported through a period the author calls rife with 'challenge, growth and change.'

An article breaking down some of the physics concepts within the series in terms of their plausibility and real-world inspiration.

Article describing the perpetual and historic tendencies of those in charge of development in Atlanta regarding race, climate change, and policy.

A profile of journalist Christopher Cheung's new book Very Vancouver, which traces 15 deeply reported stories -- from how migration shaped Eastside cuisine to the inequalities facing working-class and unhoused residents -- built around Cheung's own memory of growing up on the literal dividing line between Vancouver's West Side wealth and East Side stigma.

An article published in Physics Review Letters shows a novel method for finding prime numbers.

About 2,000 graduate students working as teaching and research assistants at Queen's University went on strike over pay and mental health benefits, with the union noting take-home pay after tuition often falls below the poverty line -- the university said classes would continue.

This article reviews the history of particle physics briefly, including its successes and failures.

A well-researched opinion piece on the dynamic between American farmers and their president, Donald Trump.

A herpetologist leads a small group into Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after closing time to survey frogs for the national FrogWatch USA census -- the 70-hectare Victorian-era cemetery, founded in 1831 to blend memorial grounds with experimental plant collections, has quietly become one of the densest pockets of biodiversity in one of the most crowded regions of North America.

A short case study summary about AI implementation in breast cancer screening.

This paper reports a new measurement of the electric dipole moment (EDM) of the muon. This latest result gives a new and more stringent limit of the EDM.

An editorial focusing on the experimental advantages of 4th-generation synchrotron facilities.