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The Journal of Australian Political Economy continues to be the go-to place for publishing political economy for local (and international) readers.

The journal’s latest issue (Winter 2023) contains full-length articles on a variety of topics, with particular focus on Australian industry policy issues, bank lending policy and regional inequalities in housing affordability. A review article considers recent books dealing with climate change and capitalism. Four shorter articles on recent official reports are also featured, along with an array of reviews and notes on recent political economy publications. Overall, the contents of this latest issue show the continuing vitality of political economy scholarship and research in Australia [...]

The post JAPE: new and forthcoming issues appeared first on Progress in Political Economy (PPE).

Paleotempestology promises to uncover patterns of historical hurricanes—to better predict destructive weather of the future.

The post The Secret Messages in Ancient Storms appeared first on Nautilus.

Physicist Alan Lightman on evolution and atheism, creativity and spirituality.

The post Why Materialists Don’t Have to Be Atheists appeared first on Nautilus.

A new documentary series is a startlingly intimate look at chimps.

The post The Surprising Empathy of Netflix’s “Chimp Empire” appeared first on Nautilus.

A precise new method of measuring gravitational waves is re-opening the book on general relativity.

The post A Supermassive Test for Einstein’s Famous Theory appeared first on Nautilus.

A crucial link that sustains the Amazon rainforest is at risk of running dry.

The post The Amazon River in the Sky appeared first on Nautilus.

Police forces are choosing humans over algorithms to make some identifications.

The post Human Super-Recognizers See Faces Better Than AI appeared first on Nautilus.

In my latest article (open access) for Review of International Studies I examine Indigenous resistance to neo-extractive development in Latin America and ask what this means for International Relations (IR). I contend that Indigenous resistance can disrupt traditional thinking in IR via an ‘insurrection of subjugated knowledge’.

The post Challenging the Coloniality of Space in International Relations appeared first on Progress in Political Economy (PPE).

Your expectations form the way you experience the world.

The post Reality Is Your Brain’s Best Guess appeared first on Nautilus.

When science shares freely, industry—much more than the public—reaps the rewards.

The post The Public Cost of Private Science appeared first on Nautilus.