Original title: We need to get off the gaslighting, victim-blaming hamster wheel of bullshit (GVBHWBS) A few weeks ago, I was listening to a panel of funders give advice for nonprofits on the best wa...

Compared to lotteries, online wagering was 45 times more likely to result in problem gambling. Each lost wager raises desperation levels, trapping teens in a vicious cycle of chasing losses.

Uncertainty is part of the scientific process, and it’s not a bad thing – it’s where future discoveries can happen.

Background Despite the many existing implementation methods, theories, and frameworks, implementation science is insufficiently closing the research-to-practice gap. Bridging this gap is critical to a...

Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey from 2009 to 2024, this Juristat article examines trends in firearm-related intimate partner violence, including characteristics of incidents, victim...

The University of Bologna has opened a new public library housing the personal book collection of writer Umberto Eco, a decade after his death.

Background The potential for implementation science (IS) to address health inequities is limited by insufficient attention to power. Although the field emphasizes context, it remains unclear how best ...

After I suspected a climate connection to tooth decay, I conducted systematic saliva pH testing across my patient population and documented pH readings below 5.5 in 42 of my 73 climate-exposed…

The Correctional Service of Canada is finalizing plans to cut all prison librarian positions at federal institutions, in a move that advocates say violates human rights and will actively harm efforts ...

Replication studies estimate the replicability rate of scientific results by aggregating binary verdicts of experiments. Exact replications are rarely attainable, so most replication sequences are non...

Benches are microcosms of an expansive debate about who belongs in urban public spaces. When they are removed or made uninviting, we lose more than just a place to rest.

The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) is a determinant framework that includes constructs from many implementation theories, models, and frameworks; it is used to predict or ex...

Introduces human ethics as a practical foundation for independent research and evaluation, with guidance, protocols, and reflective resources for applied and participatory work.

By Andréanne Chu Breton-Carbonneau. How can participatory action research with trusted community-based organizations ensure that communities most impacted take part in interpretating the data, turn…

Against the gamblification of the world.

A reflective post on how indicators are used in practice and how revisiting indicators can help learning and adaptation.

Each January 1st is Public Domain Day, when a new crop of works have their copyrights expire and become free to share and reuse for any purpose. Here's our highlights for 2026.

By Bianca Wylie In 2021, in the Journal of Social Computing, historian Jonnie Penn made the argument for “Algorithmic Silence: A Call to Decomputerize.” As he summarizes:   “Tech critics become...

Four hundred and nineteen experienced qualitative researchers from 32 countries invite readers of Qualitative Inquiry to consider their position on use of gener...

Indigenous leadership and equitable partnerships must determine the future of Arctic science.

1. To look something up quickly and then spend twenty minutes fact-checking the AI summary, only to find out that it was absolutely wrong. 2. To se...

Medieval readers, especially studious ones, must have cursed their desks from time to time. It is not easy to manage desk space when working with often large and clunky medieval books. Scribes and …

More than 1,100 Canadian women and girls have been killed by men since 2018. So why is the federal government dragging its heels in adding femicide to the Criminal Code?

Alice Wong, who reshaped the world of disability media, joined our ancestors on November 14, 2025. The Flytrap is proud to reprint her curated Access Series for Bitch Magazine.

Grab your umbrella and your tights.