Category: General Science

Wild Thing is an occasional series where JHU Press authors write about the flora and fauna of the natural world—from the rarest flower to the most magnificent beast.  By Matt Cameron Scientists have long known that parrots possess individually distinct contact calls, the loudest and most commonly uttered vocalization. These are akin to parrots having…

JHU Press Welcomes Three New Journals The Journals Division will add three new journals to its collection later this year, announced Journals Publisher Bill Breichner. This brings the total number of journals published by the JHU Press to 78. The three new titles will be The CEA Critic: An Official Journal of the College English…

Guest post by John Eric Goff Each summer, the world’s elite cyclists compete in the one race more prestigious than any other–the Tour de France.  Most of us know how to ride a bike; some of us ride our bikes on a regular basis.  A tiny fraction of us may even be such serious cycling enthusiasts …

Wild Thing is an occasional series where JHU Press authors write about the flora and fauna of the natural world—from the rarest flower to the most magnificent beast.  Guest post by John Koprowski With the recent passage of the summer solstice, the year continues to progress and the annual cycles of animals hum along.  As observers …

Guest post by Mark Denny The astonishing pace at which humankind has progressed, in terms of navigation if not fellowship, came home a while ago at the start of a vacation. We picked up a rental car at the airport … Continue reading →

Wild Thing is an occasional series where JHU Press authors write about the flora and fauna of the natural world—from the rarest flower to the most magnificent beast.  Guest post by Walter G. Ellison Anyone leafing through the recent Second Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Maryland and the District of Columbia might notice that…

Wild Thing is an occasional series where JHU Press authors write about the flora and fauna of the natural world—from the rarest flower to the most magnificent beast.  Guest post by Walter G. Ellison Anyone leafing through the recent Second Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Maryland and the District of Columbia might notice that…

Guest post by E. Paul Zehr Or should we first see if we can build any kind of brain at all? On the surface it seems like an almost trivial exercise. All you need to do is figure out how the brain functions, then run some computer simulations, use the outcomes of the simulations to…

Guest post by E. Paul Zehr Or should we first see if we can build any kind of brain at all? On the surface it seems like an almost trivial exercise. All you need to do is figure out how the brain functions, then run some computer simulations, use the outcomes of the simulations to…

Guest Post by Leslie Day Most people are surprised that trees actually flower. Yet this spring ritual of pink cherry blossoms, white clouds of Callery pear blooms, magnolia, apple, and purple leaf plum flowers exploded in March, about 5-6 weeks ahead of schedule. It was so striking that fashion photographer Bill Cunningham of the New…