Guest Post — Shipping up to Boston? Plan Some Workers’ Playtime during the SSP Annual Meeting
Heading to Boston for the SSP’s annual meeting? Here’s an insiders’ guide to the city.
A Cetacean Alphabet
A new paper uses AI to decipher sperm whale vocalizations.
Looking Forward, Looking Back: Mental Health Awareness Mondays on The Scholarly Kitchen
The Scholarly Kitchen’s Mental Health Awareness Working Group has been active for around six months now. With May designated as Mental Health Awareness Month, we wanted to take a look back at what we’ve achieved, and a look forward to what we are planning for the rest of 2024.
Mental Health Awareness Mondays: The Menopausal Effect on the Workforce
This anonymous post is meant to to begin to normalize conversations about menopause and to bring awareness of it in the workforce. This topic affects all staff in some way, and we call on our leadership and HR professionals to lead the way in these conversations.
Avoiding April Fools, No Post Today
No post today due to the Easter Holiday and our general disdain for April Fools Day on the internet.
Guest Post — Mental Health Awareness Mondays: A Brief Guide to Mental Health Taxonomies
An important part of mental health awareness is knowing what resources are available. Here a look at taxonomies and classification systems.
AI, Translations, and the Dominance of the English Language
AI’s potential for translation makes science fiction gadgets an increasingly likely reality. But how did English become the dominant global language, and just what do we mean by “English”?
SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast Episode 16: Interview with SSP President Randy Townsend
In this episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast, hosts Meredith Adinolfi (Cell Press) is joined by SSP’s current president, Randy Townsend. Randy is the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of the GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing and is an Adjunct Professor of the MPS in Publishing program in the College of Professional Studies at George Washington University.
What if the Earth Suddenly Stopped Spinning?
XKCD’s Randall Munroe has launched a video series around his “What If?” books and today answers the question, what if the earth stopped spinning?
Guest Post – Mental Health Awareness: What is Racial Battle Fatigue?
As we strive for a more equitable and inclusive future, how can we foster the well-being and potential of every individual, regardless of their ethnic or racial background?
“Mrs. Foster Has Sworn A Rape”; or, What Do We Owe? Generosity, Attribution, and the Perilous Invisibility of Research Infrastructure
Attribution has many virtues, but among them it can make visible the vast infrastructure of research for a public largely unaware or unconcerned with how much hard-won knowledge, including creative endeavor, that research has facilitated.
A Primer on Logical Fallacies
Sure to come in handy this year, a primer on logical fallacies.
The Year in Review: 2023 in The Scholarly Kitchen
Before we launch into 2024, a look back at 2023 in The Scholarly Kitchen.
Happy Holidays, See You in 2024
We’re off for the holidays, see you in January.
Humanities and Jobs Data: What’s the Real Story?
Escalating attacks on the humanities often cite the problem of employment for humanities majors; a new report shows otherwise.