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"We compare per capita ratios with an approach based on regression, a widely used statistical procedure that eliminates many of the problems with ratios and allows for straightforward data interpretation."

Kratochvíl Lukáš and Havlíček Jan. 2024 The fallacy of global comparisons based on per capita measures. R. Soc. Open Sci.11: 230832. 230832. doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230832 @science

"In this paper, we apply the methods of graph theory to reveal hidden relations within the corpus of the Hebrew Bible texts. The structure of relations between different texts was studied based upon their interpretation of the otherworld and the afterlife. We have identified 43 most relevant texts that contained concepts related to the notion of the otherworld and constructed a graph representing the relations between the considered texts."

Tantlevskij, I.R., Evmenova, E. & Gromov, D. Identification of the network structure of the Hebrew Bible texts based upon the notion of the otherworld and the afterlife. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 11, 411 (2024). doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-029 @linguistics @philosophy @religion

"Admiral Medina Sidonia's flagship 'San Martin' is attacked off the coast of Dover from port by the English 'Rainbow' and from starboard by the Dutch 'Golden Lion', Dover, August 8, 1588. Admiral Medina Sidonia aka Cadiz." @earlymodern

attribution: Aert Anthoniszoon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil

A new map of ye north parts of America, claimed by France under ye names of Louisiana, Mississipi, Canada & New France, with the adjoyning territories of England & Spain. By H. Moll Geographer. archive.org/details/dr_a-new-m ~via @internetarchive @histodon @histodons

credit: David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries.

"In 2023, the development of El Niño is poised to drive a global upsurge in surface air temperatures (SAT), potentially resulting in unprecedented warming worldwide."

Jiang, N., Zhu, C., Hu, ZZ. et al. Enhanced risk of record-breaking regional temperatures during the 2023–24 El Niño. Sci Rep 14, 2521 (2024). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-528 @science @climatechange

"The overall acceleration of pinning-point loss is striking and paints a bleak future for many Antarctic ice shelves. From 2000 to 2022, the vast majority of pinning points in the 3,000-km stretch of coastline in West Antarctica from George VI Ice Shelf to Hull Glacier, along with an 800-km stretch of coastline in Wilkes Land, reduced in area or completely disappeared."

Miles, B.W.J., Bingham, R.G. Progressive unanchoring of Antarctic ice shelves since 1973. Nature 626, 785–791 (2024). doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-070 @science @climatechange

"In contrast, Locke lived at a time when it was still possible for a well-educated man to master many branches of knowledge. The polymath was still a reality: John Locke, though primarily a philosopher, was a qualified doctor, and wrote on theology, political theory, and education. His herbarium (a collection of 3,000 flowers) preserved between sheets of his pupils' exercises, and now housed in the Bodleian Library at Oxford) is possibly the oldest surviving collection of English wild flowers."

Jeffreys M V. John Locke. Br Med J 1974; 4 :34 doi: doi.org/10.1136/bmj.4.5935.34 @earlymodern @histodon @histodons @philosophy

attribution: Rijksmuseum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL:commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil

"We propose to conceptualize science-related populism as a set of ideas which suggests that there is a morally charged antagonism between an (allegedly) virtuous ordinary people and an (allegedly) unvirtuous academic elite, and that this antagonism is due to the elite illegitimately claiming and the people legitimately demanding both science-related decision-making sovereignty and truth-speaking sovereignty."

Mede, N. G., & Schäfer, M. S. (2020). Science-related populism: Conceptualizing populist demands toward science. Public Understanding of Science, 29(5), 473-491. doi.org/10.1177/09636625209242 @science

"We show that the drastic increase in the human population at risk of exposure is partly due to historical changes in population density, but that climate change has also been a critical driver behind the heightened risk of WNV circulation in Europe."

Erazo, D., Grant, L., Ghisbain, G. et al. Contribution of climate change to the spatial expansion of West Nile virus in Europe. Nat Commun 15, 1196 (2024). doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-452 @science

🇺🇸 "We estimate that 14.8% of Americans do not believe in climate change. This denialism is highest in the central and southern U.S. However, it also persists in clusters within states (e.g., California) where belief in climate change is high."

Gounaridis, D., Newell, J.P. The social anatomy of climate change denial in the United States. Sci Rep 14, 2097 (2024). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-505 @climate

"I show that differentials in the early documents are introduced by geometric arguments, lacking dynamic meaning; however in hindsight can a dynamic meaning be recognized in them."

Dias, P.M.C., 2023. Isaac Newton’s early documents on circular motion: can the dynamic reasoning in the “Principia” be found in them?. Rev. Bras. Ensino Fís. 45, e20230263.. doi.org/10.1590/1806-9126-RBEF @science @physics

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