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# Further Reading
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/05/01/further-reading-114/
- Published: 2026-05-01T08:39:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-03T19:22:19.000Z
- Description: Half of social science research doesn't replicate. In defense of algebra. Neuroplasticity. Exotic particles. Human cooperation. Functional brain organization. Manet and Morisot. Willem de Kooning. Bumble bees. G. And more.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Blog, Further Reading

Across the social sciences, [half of research doesn’t replicate](https://www.science.org/content/article/across-social-sciences-half-research-doesn-t-replicate?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com). And nobody cares.

The [exotic particles](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01387-x?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) that could finally break the Standard Model.

[In defense of algebra](https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/04/09/in-defense-of-algebra-paul-lockhart/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

Are strings still our best hope for [a theory of everything](https://www.quantamagazine.org/are-strings-still-our-best-hope-for-a-theory-of-everything-20260323/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)?

[Manet and Morisot](https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/05/14/manet-and-morisot-game-on-tallman/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

T.J. Clark on [Willem de Kooning](https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n08/t.j.-clark/v-is-for-vagina?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

Analysis of gravitational waves supports theory that [some stars explode without leaving behind black holes](https://www.science.org/content/article/some-black-holes-are-forbidden-ripples-spacetime-reveal?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com). 

[Human cooperation](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01048-z?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) undergoes constant breakdown and repair.

Ken Ono feared AI. [Now he trains it](https://physicstoday.aip.org/news/q-a-ken-ono-feared-ai-now-he-trains-it?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

A [new type of neuroplasticity](https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-type-of-neuroplasticity-rewires-the-brain-after-a-single-experience-20260424/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) rewires the brain after a single experience.

[Bumble bees](https://www.science.org/content/article/bumble-bees-show-surprising-knack-rhythm?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) show a surprising knack for rhythm. And they can stay alive for up to a week in flooded nests, [thanks to several tricks](https://www.science.org/content/article/how-bumblebees-survive-days-underwater-without-drowning?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

Charting the [human brain's lifelong functional organization](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00637-2?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

50 artists from all over the world were chosen to shoot shorts in the Azores, [guided by Werner Herzog](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/style/werner-herzog-workshop-filmmakers.html?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

There has never been a moral and historical reckoning with the horrors inflicted by [the Allied firebombing of Japan during World War II](https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/04/09/a-man-made-disaster-firebombing-japan-world-war-ii/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com). 

[History after climate change](https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n08/oliver-cussen/no-one-can-live-on-iron?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

[La vérité est dans les poireaux](https://legrandcontinent.eu/fr/dimanches/adam-curtis-la-verite-est-dans-les-poireaux/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) by Adam Curtis.

Ben Lerner on [John Berger’s *G*](https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/04/09/crowds-and-lovers-g-john-berger/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

Gerd Falting awarded the [Abel Prize](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/science/abel-prize-mathematics.html?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard share this year’s $1 million [A.M. Turing Award](https://www.science.org/content/article/computer-science-s-nobel-prize-goes-quantum?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) for work on quantum information.