A 65-year-old linguistics framework challenged by modern research

In a re-evaluation of Hockett's foundational features that have long dominated linguistic theory—concepts like "arbitrariness ...
UPI

Models link 1 degree of global warming to 50% spike in population displacement

March 24 (UPI) --As the planet warms, seas rise and climate change triggers shifts in precipitation patterns, scientists expect millions of people to be displaced by flooding and other forms of ...
Digital Journal

Using algorithms to predict gentrification and fight displacement

As we discussed in the Digital Journal article, How climate change is fueling ‘gentrification’ in many cities, gentrification is the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle ...
JSTOR Daily

The Displacement of Human Judgment in Science: The Problems of Biomedical Research in an Age of Big Data

Social Research, Vol. 86, No. 4 (winter 2019), pp. 957-976 (20 pages) Alberts, Bruce, Marc W. Kirschner, Shirley Tilghman, and Harold Varmus. 2014. “Rescuing US Biomedical Research from Its Systemic ...