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Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction
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Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction teaches you how to make compelling data visualizations with R and ggplot2 in a clear, sensible, and reproducible way.
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U.S. Surpasses Five Million COVID-19 Cases
And there’s still no adequate federal response to slow the spread of the summer outbreak.
Carole Baskin Called Out Cardi B And Megan Thee Stallion For Using Large Cats In The "WAP" Video
"You have to pose a wildcat in front of a green screen to get that image."
Sorry Not Sorry: Online Teaching Is Here to Stay
Four reasons you should join the online-teaching movement and spend some time this summer polishing your digital skills.
A Democratic Senate Candidate Wrote A Book Filled With Racist Tropes
The president of the Georgia NAACP called the novel disturbing, and said Matt Lieberman should drop out of the contest.
Music theory journal criticized for symposium on supposed white supremacist theorist
A 20-minute plenary talk boils over into music theory's biggest imbroglio in years. Allegations of anti-Black bias and anti-Semitism fly.
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The cancel mob finally comes for...*squints at napkin* the Journal of Schenkerian Studies
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Susan Rice Has A Mysterious Gap In Her Resume
Joe Biden's potential running mate worked as a private consultant for foreign governments in 2001-2. It's not clear who her clients were.
2020 Conference on Computational Sociology | IRiSS
The Computational Sociology conference will be held on August 7th, 2020, at Stanford University, a day before the ASA Annual Meeting convenes in San Francisco. The conference will showcase work that applies computational methods to important...
High-profile sleep researcher loses paper for duplication
Matthew Walker A prominent sleep researcher whose work has come under intense scrutiny has lost a paper for duplication, aka self-plagiarism. Matthew Walker, of UC Berkeley, is the author of Why We…
Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies
What predicts how happy people are with their romantic relationships? Relationship science—an interdisciplinary field spanning psychology, sociology, economics, family studies, and communication—has identified hundreds of variables that purportedly...
A landmark study shows what makes a successful relationship
Whether you're finding a potential partner by swiping right on an app, or thumbing through stacks of biodata a la Netflix's "Indian Matchmaking," there may be some wisdom for you in the researchers' findings.
When conservatives become revolutionaries
Conservatism used to mean a resistance to change. Not anymore.
Genius or Fraud? Kid’s PhD-Level Science Project Raises Eyebrows
Sixth-grader’s study on colorectal cancer sparks renewed debate over China’s hypercompetitive school science contests.
List of works on cultural and cognitive sociology | Luca Carbone
Articles and books about sociological approaches to culture and cognition.
Afraid of Airlines? There’s Always the Private Jet
Concerned about virus-related safety on commercial planes, many fliers are turning to private jets for the first time. The catch, of course, is the price.
Beirut blast: Tracing the explosives that tore the capital apart
Letters show officials knew of danger posed by ammonium nitrate cargo at Beirut port six years before deadly blast.
Racialized Organizations and Color-Blind Racial Ideology in Brazil - Ian Carrillo, 2020
Although the relationship between organizations and structural racism is well established, less is known about how racialization occurs within organizations. Ov...
Early Signs Indicate That COVID-19 Is Exacerbating Gender Inequality in the Labor Force - Liana Christin Landivar, Leah Ruppanner, William J. Scarborough, Caitlyn Collins, 2020
In this data visualization, the authors examine how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis in the United States has affected labor force participation, ...
Active escape of prey from predator vent via the digestive tract
Few animals can survive a predator’s digestive tract. However, Sugiura shows that
aquatic beetles actively escape from the vents of frogs via the digestive tract.