Knowledge and research
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A steady state is not yet an equilibrium
Pik-Yin Lai shows why a stationary distribution can conceal continuing probability currents—and why network connections and…
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History: Lebanon’s railway archives and the work of keeping memory usable
The rescue of railway records at Mar Mikhael Train Station raises a larger question: what turns…
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Delegating work to AI: what happens to the learner’s agency?
Delegating a task can create room to think. It can also remove an opportunity to learn.…
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Capacity for change needs a named system and a timescale
An organisation can become better at delivering a programme while the wider problem remains unchanged. A…
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AI News: Washington and Beijing agree to talk about AI incidents. Who will act on what they hear?
At the Trump–Xi summit, China called for human control of AI while the US rejected new…
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AE Worldview: Ebola’s border spread, Moldova’s emergency begins and a sea-level declaration
Ebola’s spread in Congo, Moldova’s emergency powers and a UN sea-level declaration show what remains unresolved…
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Critical realism and Autopoietic Ecology: reality, becoming and the conditions of change
How do causal powers arise, endure and change? Steven Watson brings critical realism into conversation with…
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Science News: Apophis in 2029—what NASA’s new animations do and do not show
New orbit visualisations explain a future asteroid encounter. They are calculated representations, not footage of an…
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History: John Snow’s cholera map did not speak for itself
Returning to the 1854 investigation reveals the interviews, records and contested interpretations behind an iconic public-health…
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Mental Health: A sleep score is not a diagnosis—or a fair measure of effort
A large observational sleep study prompts questions about measurement, distress and whether people have the conditions…