🚨🚨 New paper out! With @colltoaction.bsky.social, @fralotito.bsky.social, and a bunch of offline co-authors 🙂 we published "HIF: The hypergraph interchange format for higher-order networks" doi.org/10.1017/nws....

Little scientific support for 'there is no safe level of alcohol intake'. JOURNAL OF WINE ECONOMICS, 2025, 20(3): “How Much Is Too Much? A Methodological Investigation of the Literature on Alcohol Consumption and Health” by S Castriota, P Frumento & F Suppressa wine-economics.org/wp-content/u...

A French supermarket's Christmas advert has captured hearts worldwide without using generative AI.

RIP

As we enter the end-of-semester stretch, some thoughts about the first full college semester with ubiquitous AI: 🧵 1/3 1. AI can be a very useful helper for some learning, but only for students who already have skills in the area they’re using it for; LEARN TO USE AI, DONT USE AI TO LEARN.

Here’s some new work with @jennawneal.bsky.social in @plosone.org on #childfree populations in developing countries. Fewer childfree people in many countries, but more in higher-HDI countries like Turkey & the Philippines.

Come work with us @msupsychology.bsky.social! I promise, we don’t match *all* the time @tedmond.bsky.social

Many economists and business leaders are raising alarms about falling birthrates. But advocates for lower human populations say a less crowded world will be happier and more sustainable. n.pr/47pRO3G

Hey Congress nerds. Loving @zpneal.bsky.social 's "incidentally" package for gathering cosponsorship data. What a service! Does anyone have a read on gathering cosponsorship data prior to the 108th?

Famous for baby boxes and expansive pro-family policies, Finland continues to see one of the lowest birth rates in Europe, as a case study in how policy solutions may not address the population shift.

Eventually, I did it. Comet Lemmon! 💫 Nice to read again the history of the attempts in the last weeks. Now, I am almost satisfied with the result: still something to fix, though. ___ About 35' integrated exposure, stacked, Nikon D750 + Nikkor 300mm f/5.6

Main Rosé Wine Consuming Countries in 2023 (Share in %)

In this new Editorial, PLOS Medicine Executive Editor, Helen Lumbard, and Senior Editor, Front Section, Daniel Routledge urge the scientific community to confront research fraud and paper mills head-on by creating stronger systems for data sharing and transparency. Learn more plos.io/4nDKQ2c.

Anyone have any suggestions for a free online course (YouTube, etc.) that (1) introduces Python at an intro level and (2) is not too time intensive (<20hrs)? (Especially for students going from R -> Python!) The end goal would to do network analysis with NetworkX and understand what is going on.

This is a lovely review of my latest Buildings&Cities paper @bceditors.bsky.social on clinic layouts at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust @moorfields.bsky.social sustainableconstructionreview.com/2025/06/12/m...

We wrote a little something! @nwlandry.bsky.social and I talk about how new software to study networks with groups (like @xgi.bsky.social !) can help interdisciplinary collaborations tackle old questions from social ontology and the science of groups. www.siam.org/publications...

We'll be starting to solicit the first round of community feedback at the end of October. Sign up to get involved!

Correlation does not mean causation…usually.

TGIF! If you need a start of the weekend boost, this guy is amazing!

Parents of 0- to 12-year-olds, come do science with us! We run short, game-like studies with kids. We offer in-person and online options, flexible scheduling (weekdays & weekends), and sessions that are fun for children and easy for caregivers.

Just a few years too early for a Nobel Prize.

Your ggplot2 charts work fine, but are they memorable? Real color engineering: brightness first (strongest differentiator), then hue, finally saturation. Most people get this backwards and wonder why their viz falls flat. www.chartography.net/p/color-engi...

How common are “survey professionals” - people who take dozens of online surveys for pay - across online panels, and do they harm data quality? Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):

What Americans Die from? And what the media reports on... Our World in Data ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...

Want to promote transparency and clarity in network research by helping develop 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 (𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃)? Sign up to get involved here: tinyurl.com/help-with-GR... ▪️ All career stages welcome ▪️ All fields welcome ▪️ Be compensated for your time

Want to promote transparency and clarity in network research by helping develop 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 (𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃)? Sign up to get involved here: tinyurl.com/help-with-GR... ▪️ All career stages welcome ▪️ All fields welcome ▪️ Be compensated for your time

Republicans are more likely than democrats to think the government should play a role in encouraging people to have kids. But, there's also less support among Republicans for any actual government policies like subsidized childcare, family medical leave, or IVF coverage.

🚨 Thrilled to release the official repository of the @comunelab.bsky.social! It centralizes access to decade-long research outputs, including 57 data sets and 22 code libraries. A titanic effort: 28,000 lines of code We hope to accelerate #openScience in #ComplexSystems 👉 github.com/CoMuNeLab

A few words on survey weights, why I'm embarrassed to have forgotten to take them into account in the past, and how I got lucky because I personally didn't get burned. Not a mistake I intend to repeat in the future blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2025-0...

I’m hoping William Gosset plays a central role in the plot. 📊

We visualized every INSNA award recipient since the 1980s — a living catalogue of social network analysis (SNA) scholarship. Explore the map 👉 buff.ly/Imh7Kpd #SNA #NetworkScience #DataViz #INSNA #Sunbelt2025

Come join the Moral Minds Lab as a grad student at MSU! Brand-new lab equipped for child & adult testing, with motivated undergrads in a happy department. 🤩 Learn more: www.moralmindslab.com/join-our-tea... (P.S. @tedmond.bsky.social is also taking a student!) @msupsychology.bsky.social

Plan U, for universal, is the necessary standard. Post everything as a preprint at or before point of submission. Then publish in any journal you want but never pay exorbitant APCs.

🎉 #Rstats 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎 3.0.0 is now available on CRAN to help with #NetworkScience. 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎 transforms a dense or weighted network into a sparse, unweighted one. Version 3.0.0 is completely re-written, with lots of new features... 1/4 🧵 CC: @insna.bsky.social @netscisociety.bsky.social

Nearly twenty years after the first igraph release, igraph 1.0 has finally arrived! 🎉 This release focuses on providing a stable and more consistent interface that users and downstream maintainers can rely on with confidence. For more detail, see igraph.org/2025/09/20/i...

If p < 0.05 is Wicked Significant, what is p < 0.01?

🎉 #Rstats 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎 3.0.0 is now available on CRAN to help with #NetworkScience. 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎 transforms a dense or weighted network into a sparse, unweighted one. Version 3.0.0 is completely re-written, with lots of new features... 1/4 🧵 CC: @insna.bsky.social @netscisociety.bsky.social

Teaching questions based on a wild first few weeks: (1) any tips for introducing Python to students with a wide range of coding skills in a network science class? Although it's clear that a 1 hour weekly lab is not enough time to learn a new coding language, I don't want to eat up all of class time.

I'm looking for a PhD student to do some trailblazing at the frontier of personality genomics and lifespan gene-environment transactions (start Fall 2026)! If you want to work with me: psychology.msu.edu/graduatestud... (PS @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social is taking a student too, in moral psych/dev!)

Just a couple weeks left... ⌛ Share your cool classroom activities for teaching networks in this @insna.bsky.social Connections special issue, by September 15

(No) Labor Day

Wikipedia editors trying to fend off the onslaught of AI crap have crowdsourced some telltale signs of LLM-generated writing; it might be handy for editors and proofreaders generally. Thanks to @ellenrykers.com for pointing me to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

What's your favorite @sciam.bsky.social title typeface? I'm partial to the Arts & Crafts vibe of the 1902, 1909, and 1922 versions.

Birthrates are falling across the world. This is not cause for alarm, but should be celebrated as a natural consequence of women having reproductive choice. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Big news, Spartans! 💚🤍 The Moral Minds Lab has officially opened its doors @michiganstateu.bsky.social! We can’t wait to kick off our very first semester of research on how we become moral beings. Here’s to new beginnings! @msupsychology.bsky.social

PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky

Three facts give essential context: 1️⃣ An industry-wide threat, not a PLOS-specific problem 2️⃣ Openness made the analysis possible 3️⃣ Our actions to safeguard research integrity Read the statement here: plos.io/4mvRZ3u

statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/08/07/r... On the “Jesus principle” about the meaning of intercept and mile run records “The name of the principle comes up because, if your predictor is “year,” then the intercept corresponds to the predicted outcome in the year Jesus was born.”

Turns out fewer people driving cars means fewer people getting run over by cars.

About one month left to submit your abstract to the Connections special issue on "Classroom Activities for Teaching Networks" #networks #networkscience @insna.bsky.social @netscisociety.bsky.social