Some of the signers asked us to help spread the word about the Nobel Laureates appeal for peace in Ukraine. And we are, here, asking you, too, to help. The signers say (and so do we): “Please circulate as you see fit, but especially to scientists in Russia, Ukraine, and China.” The appeal, and its […]
Can the level of Ultra Violet Radiation (UV-R) in your environment affect the number of days it takes to get a misaddressed letter returned to the sender*? Or the degree to which a country’s laws protect private property rights? A new study in the journal KYKLOS examines the effects of sunlight on such indicators of […]
From time to time I share some tiny part of our vast, varied editorial correspondence. It’s again time. This note arrived today (I have redacted details that might identify the author): Dear Mr Editor, I wish to submit my research paper “[REDACTED]” to your journal. I hope my paper is suitable for publication. I already […]
A package arrived here, at our offices in the US, from a man in Poland. The package contained a letter and several little collections of tiny bones. (Each little collection was wrapped in its own piece of paper, and contained, in addition to the bones, a tiny slip of paper with a few words written on […]
We received this cover letter, which accompanied a lengthy article written in Russian. We have blotted out the author’s name (which may be overkill, because it was illegible). When a magazine is published entirely in one language (our magazine happens to be in English), submissions written in other languages may be at a disadvantage. In […]