Fri.Oct 18, 2024

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The Week That Was In 234

Moler's Musing

Sometimes, the demands of teaching and life outside the classroom can be overwhelming. This week, I felt the weight of it all. Trying to balance lesson planning, teaching, and taking care of my own well-being hasn’t been easy, but I’m doing my best to carve out moments for myself to stay sane. Still, Tuesday’s lesson reminded me that, despite all the challenges, we’re making progress—one step at a time.

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The Economy 2.0: Microeconomics gives the greatest coverage to climate change

CORE Econ

Great news from the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics ! The Economy 2.0: Microeconomics has been found to devote the highest share of pages to climate change among US introductory economics textbooks. Hugo Charmetant, Marco Casari, and Maria Arvaniti have recently published What do economists teach about climate change? An analysis of introductory economics textbooks.

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Varieties of Indoctrination: The Politicization of Education and the Media around the World

Political Science Now

Varieties of Indoctrination: The Politicization of Education and the Media around the World By Anja Neundorf , University of Glasgow , Eugenia Nazrullaeva , University of California, Los Angeles , Ksenia Northmore-Ball , Boston College , Katerina Tertytchnaya , University of Oxford and Wooseok Kim , University of Michigan For many decades, scholars assumed voluntary compliance and citizens’ commitment to a regime’s principles and values to be critical for regime stability.

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The Evolution of Starch Digestion in Early Humans

Anthropology.net

The ability to digest starch has played a crucial role in human evolution. When starch enters the mouth, amylase, an enzyme in saliva, begins to break it down. Two recent studies in Nature 1 & Science 2 have revealed the evolutionary importance of amylase in our ancestors and how they adapted to changing diets. Researchers discovered that early humans experienced two significant waves of amylase gene expansion: the first potentially linked to the mastery of fire and the second with the onset

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Now Online: Special Issue on Forecasting the 2024 US Elections: PS: Political Science & Politics

Political Science Now

The editorial team at PS: Political Science & Politics is pleased to announce the release of the articles that will make up a “Special Issue on Forecasting the 2024 US Elections.” The articles are available with our compliments below. We hope teachers, journalists, and the general public will read, reflect, share, and comment. For the latest updates from this important title you can follow PS on X (Twitter) and BlueSky.