Another one bites the dust…

Another one bites the dust…

Last week, I received one of those dreaded annual emails. That’s right, the now almost routine one asking faculty to voice their support, or lack thereof, for the ever-declining number of hard copy journals still being purchased by the library. As an associate professor of public health recently promoted to chair of the department, I appreciate their position, of course. The dominance and ease ...

Another One Bites the Dust

Another One Bites the Dust![1]

The contemporary landscape is rife with ruins, from circumscribed tourist attractions to urban decay and demolition sites. When examined, our aesthetic experience of these sites ranges from historical distancing to the sublime and, when found in our local communities (e.g., Providence, RI), to discomfort, displacement, and horror. In particular, this paper is interested in how certain forms of ...

Biology of Music: Another One Bites the Dust

Rhythmic entrainment, long believed an exclusive prerogative of humans, has now been demonstrated in several bird species, raising interesting questions about the evolutionary biology of music.

Another chemokine target bites the dust?

Scanning through the table of contents in Thorax, you might be forgiven for skipping over the paper by Wang et al. Redundancy in the chemokine field may not feel like news; however, I would suggest you pause and take time to read the article and perhaps reflect on a number of important issues that this study highlights. My reflections are about publishing negative data, the role of CCR8 in asth...