I am currently working on a second edition of one of my co-authored writing books, Writing for peer reviewed journals. Strategies for getting published. The book was published in 2013 and written in 2012. A lot has changed in the publishing world since then. My co-author Barbara and I now have to decide how to address: […] … learn more→

Many of us have witnessed unusual and even anti-social behaviour at an airport or on a flight. These may range from benign acts such as sleeping on the floor or doing yoga in front of the flight information display system to serious incidents like early morning drunken arguments or even trying to open the aeroplane doors mid-flight. These more […] … learn more→

Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale and dissemination of bogus scholarly research. These paper mills are profiting by undermining the literature that everyone from doctors to engineers rely on to make decisions about human lives. It is exceedingly difficult to get a handle on exactly how big the […] … learn more→

In 2008, Melissa Lucio was sentenced to death for the murder of her two-year-old daughter in Texas. The sentence was postponed until 2022. Forensic linguist Robert Leonard, after analyzing the interrogation of Ms. Lucio and her partner, Mr. Alvarez, determined that techniques were used to induce false confessions. This and other evidence served to stop Lucio’s execution […] … learn more→

Every day, images related to historical events are put online without being referenced – with their author, date, location, place of conservation – and even less contextualized by a historical commentary. This is the case, for example, of this photograph , most often published to represent the exactions of the “cut off hands” in the Congo of […] … learn more→

As rising seas lap at its shore, Tuvalu faces an existential threat. In an effort to preserve the tiny island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, its government has been building a “digital twin” of the entire country. Digital twins are exactly what they sound like – a virtual double or replica of a physical, […] … learn more→

As 2SLGBTQIA+ people are increasingly under threat in Canada, and facing escalating dangers from the Donald Trump administration in the United States, more research is urgently needed to understand how to address issues of gender and sexual diversity moving forward. Unfortunately, researchers who aim to explore emerging issues impacting 2SLGBTQIA+ communities and develop interventions to support them are […] … learn more→

It all begins innocently – a late-night peek at your favourite social media site before bed. You catch a headline that grabs your attention with “breaking news” you can’t afford to miss. Like following digital breadcrumbs, one click leads to another. Before you know it, you’re tumbling down a rabbit hole of endless updates and […] … learn more→

The Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek has rattled the tech industry with the release of free, cheaply made AI models that compete with the best US products such as ChatGPT. Users are rushing to check out the new chatbot, sending DeepSeek’s AI Assistant to the top of the iPhone and Android app charts in […] … learn more→

The influence and manipulation of citizens – or consumers in a more economic sense – is a practice as banal as it is ancient, between advertising that has existed for a very long time, meetings and electoral rallies likely to convince the public, or even the more traditional word-of-mouth within families and friendly circles, which […] … learn more→