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Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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#Medieval #History #Mythology #OriginMyths #Eurasia #comparativemythology #Japan #Europe #mongols #turks #Greece #Antiquity #China #StrangerKings #cosmogony #books #openaccess

Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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#Medieval #History #Mythology #OriginMyths #Eurasia #comparativemythology #Japan #Europe #mongols #turks #Greece #Antiquity #China #StrangerKings #cosmogony #books #openaccess

Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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#Medieval #History #Mythology #OriginMyths #Eurasia #comparativemythology #Japan #Europe #mongols #turks #Greece #Antiquity #China #StrangerKings #cosmogony #books #openaccess

Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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#Medieval #History #Mythology #OriginMyths #Eurasia #comparativemythology #Japan #Europe #mongols #turks #Greece #Antiquity #China #StrangerKings #cosmogony #books #openaccess

Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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#Medieval #History #Mythology #OriginMyths #Eurasia #comparativemythology #Japan #Europe #mongols #turks #Greece #Antiquity #China #StrangerKings #cosmogony #books #openaccess

Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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#Medieval #History #Mythology #OriginMyths #Eurasia #comparativemythology #Japan #Europe #mongols #turks #Greece #Antiquity #China #StrangerKings #cosmogony #books #openaccess

Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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#Medieval #History #Mythology #OriginMyths #Eurasia #comparativemythology #Japan #Europe #mongols #turks #Greece #Antiquity #China #StrangerKings #cosmogony #books #openaccess

Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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#Medieval #History #Mythology #OriginMyths #Eurasia #comparativemythology #Japan #Europe #mongols #turks #Greece #Antiquity #China #StrangerKings #cosmogony #books #openaccess

World Health Organization: WHO launches first global database on the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections. “The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new global database on the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The open-access database is the first global platform to provide consolidated, standardized and quality-assured STI prevalence data from low- and […]

World Health Organization: WHO launches first global database on the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections. “The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new global database on the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The open-access database is the first global platform to provide consolidated, standardized and quality-assured STI prevalence data from low- and […]

Light summer reading for those who like their SF energy futures mashed up with their data futures, with a dash of astrophysics:

'Energy' is an SF short story about where energy and data go to die... It's just published as #OpenAccess in an edited book from #MatteringPress

Predictions (Vol 1): Fom Speculative Ethnography to Apocalyptic Testimony

Download and read it for free right now: https://www.matteringpress.org/books/predictions-volume-1

Thanks to the fab editorial team!

#Solarpunk #SpeculativeEthnography

Light summer reading for those who like their SF energy futures mashed up with their data futures, with a dash of astrophysics:

'Energy' is an SF short story about where energy and data go to die... It's just published as #OpenAccess in an edited book from #MatteringPress

Predictions (Vol 1): Fom Speculative Ethnography to Apocalyptic Testimony

Download and read it for free right now: https://www.matteringpress.org/books/predictions-volume-1

Thanks to the fab editorial team!

#Solarpunk #SpeculativeEthnography

New & #OpenAccess

🥁Don't normalize #immigration restrictions!

For centuries, #freedom of movement has been the conventional view 🕊️

Denying innocent people their rights was not only unjust, but also an act of hostility justifying retaliation, including war🤺

-- The ethics of migration in the long run - Speranta Dumitru, 2026

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17550882261438047

New & #OpenAccess

🥁Don't normalize #immigration restrictions!

For centuries, #freedom of movement has been the conventional view 🕊️

Denying innocent people their rights was not only unjust, but also an act of hostility justifying retaliation, including war🤺

-- The ethics of migration in the long run - Speranta Dumitru, 2026

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17550882261438047

But note this nuance. While most #OpenAccess journals (today 62%) charge no APCs, most articles published in OA journals (today 72%) are published in APC-based OA journals.

Thanks to the research of @waltcrawford for the second number. See p. 6.
https://waltcrawford.name/goa26.pdf

#APCs, #DiamondOA, #GoldOA, #ScholComm

But note this nuance. While most #OpenAccess journals (today 62%) charge no APCs, most articles published in OA journals (today 72%) are published in APC-based OA journals.

Thanks to the research of @waltcrawford for the second number. See p. 6.
https://waltcrawford.name/goa26.pdf

#APCs, #DiamondOA, #GoldOA, #ScholComm

🧬 🧬 🧬

Ancient DNA reveals elite dynastic rule among Iron Age Eurasian Steppe nomads

"We identify consanguineous unions, a reduced effective population size, and identity-by-descent links among the elites. Dynastic rule is supported by elite grandparent-grandchild relationships across cemeteries. While ancestries are heterogeneous, elite Iron Age Scythians show lower variation and no detectable patrilocal or matrilocal signal."

Ayshin Ghalichi et al., Ancient DNA reveals elite dynastic rule among Iron Age Eurasian Steppe nomads. Sci. Adv.12, eaef0108 (2026). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aef0108

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Science #Biology #Anthropology #Genetics #Archaeology #Ancient #DNA #IronAge #Scythians #Academia

🧬 🧬 🧬

Ancient DNA reveals elite dynastic rule among Iron Age Eurasian Steppe nomads

"We identify consanguineous unions, a reduced effective population size, and identity-by-descent links among the elites. Dynastic rule is supported by elite grandparent-grandchild relationships across cemeteries. While ancestries are heterogeneous, elite Iron Age Scythians show lower variation and no detectable patrilocal or matrilocal signal."

Ayshin Ghalichi et al., Ancient DNA reveals elite dynastic rule among Iron Age Eurasian Steppe nomads. Sci. Adv.12, eaef0108 (2026). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aef0108

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Science #Biology #Anthropology #Genetics #Archaeology #Ancient #DNA #IronAge #Scythians #Academia

#5luglio compie 80 anni il #bikini, presentato per la prima volta nel 1946 alla piscina Molitor di Parigi dallo stilista e ingegnere Louis Réard.
Sulla rivista #Schermi, Paola Valentini ripercorre la storia del due pezzi nel #cinema italiano, dalle denunce per offesa al pubblico pudore rivolte alle pellicole balneari fino al cinema spaziale, e alla sua presenza nei fumetti e nelle copertine dei romanzi di #fantascienza

In #openaccess qui:
https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/schermi/article/view/14481?mtm_campaign=mastodon

@cultura @societa

#5luglio compie 80 anni il #bikini, presentato per la prima volta nel 1946 alla piscina Molitor di Parigi dallo stilista e ingegnere Louis Réard.
Sulla rivista #Schermi, Paola Valentini ripercorre la storia del due pezzi nel #cinema italiano, dalle denunce per offesa al pubblico pudore rivolte alle pellicole balneari fino al cinema spaziale, e alla sua presenza nei fumetti e nelle copertine dei romanzi di #fantascienza

In #openaccess qui:
https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/schermi/article/view/14481?mtm_campaign=mastodon

@cultura @societa

Everyone and their gran know that 'geography' matters for the Far Right. But how? We demonstrate the 4 links between geography and the Radical Right. 🌍🔍 Click, it's open access 👉 #GeographyMatters #FarRight #Research #OpenAccess 📚
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-political-science-review/article/place-does-matter-for-populist-radical-right-sentiment-but-how-evidence-from-germany/7C639AAC5F6B1BC2F6324F7D57136827

Everyone and their gran know that 'geography' matters for the Far Right. But how? We demonstrate the 4 links between geography and the Radical Right. 🌍🔍 Click, it's open access 👉 #GeographyMatters #FarRight #Research #OpenAccess 📚
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-political-science-review/article/place-does-matter-for-populist-radical-right-sentiment-but-how-evidence-from-germany/7C639AAC5F6B1BC2F6324F7D57136827

Google Books (or similar) all book scans – $200k bounty

https://software.annas-archive.gl/AnnaArchivist/annas-archive/-/work_items/234

#HackerNews #GoogleBooks #bounty200k #bookscans #openaccess #digitalarchive

Google Books (or similar) all book scans – $200k bounty

https://software.annas-archive.gl/AnnaArchivist/annas-archive/-/work_items/234

#HackerNews #GoogleBooks #bounty200k #bookscans #openaccess #digitalarchive

Daily Nous: The New Open-Access Journal Philosophical Logic Is Now Publishing. “Last December, all of the editors-in-chief and associate editors of Springer Nature’s Journal of Philosophical Logic resigned and formed Philosophical Logic, a new ‘diamond’ open-access journal.”

Daily Nous: The New Open-Access Journal Philosophical Logic Is Now Publishing. “Last December, all of the editors-in-chief and associate editors of Springer Nature’s Journal of Philosophical Logic resigned and formed Philosophical Logic, a new ‘diamond’ open-access journal.”

3/3 This is our ⭐️156th⭐️recommendation! We will continue to transparently peer-review your manuscripts and make them free to publish / free to read pieces of citable academic work! Try us, this is the way to go in 2026! #OpenScience #openaccess

3/3 This is our ⭐️156th⭐️recommendation! We will continue to transparently peer-review your manuscripts and make them free to publish / free to read pieces of citable academic work! Try us, this is the way to go in 2026! #OpenScience #openaccess

2/3 Recommended by George Pavlidis based on reviews by Esther Plomp (@toothFAIRy) and 1 anonymous reviewer. All editorial work accessible here: https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.archaeo.100686
This is part of the CAA2025 proceedings which decided to use our #OpenAccess system @caaint.bsky.social

2/3 Recommended by George Pavlidis based on reviews by Esther Plomp (@toothFAIRy) and 1 anonymous reviewer. All editorial work accessible here: https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.archaeo.100686
This is part of the CAA2025 proceedings which decided to use our #OpenAccess system @caaint.bsky.social

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Weekly Update from the Open Journal of Astrophysics 04/07/2026

It’s Saturday again so it’s time for another update of activity at the Open Journal of Astrophysics. Since the last update we have published a further seven papers, bringing the number in Volume 9 (2026) to 136 and the total so far published by OJAp up to 584.

I will continue to include the posts made on our Mastodon account (on Fediscience); these announcements also show the DOI for each paper.

The first paper to report this week, published on Monday 29th June, is “Analysis and implications of the spatio-spectral morphology of the Fermi Bubbles” by Ami Tank (Indian Institute of Technology) and Roland Crocker & Mark R. Krumholz (Australian National University). Published in the folder High-Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, this paper presents an analysis of An analysis of the gamma-ray structures of Fermi Bubbles in the Milky Way using a decade of data. The research suggests either hadronic or leptonic processes can explain the data.

The overlay for this paper is here

You can find the officially accepted version on arXiv here and the announcement on Fediverse here:

https://fediscience.org/@OJ_Astro/116831750056897536

The second paper for this week, also published on Monday 29th June, but in the folder Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, is “A first measurement of baryonic feedback with Fast Radio Bursts” by Robert Reischke (Universität Bonn, Germany) and Steffen Hagstotz (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany). This paper argues that Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) provide a new method to trace baryon distribution and feedback in the cosmos, offering insights into matter distribution and rejecting no-feedback scenarios with high confidence.

The overlay looks like this:

The official version of the paper can be found on arXiv here and the Fediverse announcement here:

https://fediscience.org/@OJ_Astro/116831826841996152

The third paper of the week, published on Tuesday 30th June in the folder High-Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, is “Idealized Global Models of Accretion Disks with Strong Toroidal Magnetic Fields” by Minghao Guo & Eliot Quataert (Princeton U., USA), Jonathan Squire (U. Otago, NZ), Philip F. Hopkins (Caltech, USA) and James M. Stone (Princeton). This study uses global magnetohydrodynamic simulations to explore the behavior of idealized accretion disks with strong toroidal magnetic fields, finding that these systems maintain a moderately strong mean azimuthal field.

The overlay for this one is here:

The final, accepted version can be found on arXiv here and the Mastodon announcement is here:

https://fediscience.org/@OJ_Astro/116837655082737919

The fourth paper of the week, published on Tuesday 30th June in the folder High-Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, is “On the effective spin-mass ratio relation of binary black hole mergers that evolved in isolation” by Sambaran Banerjee (Helmholtz-Instituts für Strahlen und Kernphysik, Germany) and Aleksandra Olejak (MPA Garching, Germany). This study explores mechanisms of binary black hole mergers and finds that certain spin and mass ratio trends can be naturally explained by isolated binary evolution. The overlay for this one is here:

You can read the final version of this one on arXiv here and the Mastodon announcement is here:

https://fediscience.org/@OJ_Astro/116837827227415689

The fifth paper of the week, also published on Tuesday 30th June but in the folder Solar and Stellar Astrophysics is “A systematic survey for hypervelocity runaways from thermonuclear supernovae” by Kareem El-Badry (Caltech, USA), and 18 others based in the USA, Germany, Austria and the UK. This paper presents a systematic survey of hypervelocity runaways, resulting from white dwarf explosions in binary systems. The findings suggest a diversity of remnant masses, ages, and heating mechanisms, challenging theoretical models.

The overlay for this one is here:

You can read the final version of this one on arXiv here and the Mastodon announcement is here:

https://fediscience.org/@OJ_Astro/116837896833204693

The sixth and penultimate paper of this week is “Boris and Exponential Integrators in the Theory of Particles Interacting with Magnetic Turbulence” by Andreas Shalchi (U. Manitoba, Canada). This was published on Wednesday 1st July, in the folder Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (it is posted in the plasma physics section of aXiv but cross-listed in solar and stellar astrophysics). The study compares the Rodrigues and Boris integrators in test-particle simulations of charged particles interacting with magnetic fields, finding both methods yield similar results.

The overlay for this one is here:

You can find the final accepted version on arXiv here and the Mastodon announcement is here:

https://fediscience.org/@OJ_Astro/116843121887902595

The seventh and final paper for this week is “Inflation at the End of 2025: Constraints on $r$ and $n_S$ using the Latest CMB and BAO Data” by Lennart Balkenhol (Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, France) and 12 others based in France, Italy, Switzerland, UK, USA and Australia. This was also published on Wednesday 1st July, in the folder Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics. This study presents constraints on parameters of inflationary models in cosmology, using the latest cosmic microwave background and baryon acoustic oscillation data. The findings help differentiate between inflation models.

The overlay for this one is here:

You can find the final accepted version of this one on arXiv here and the Mastodon announcement is here:

https://fediscience.org/@OJ_Astro/116843339514720727

And that concludes this week’s update. We’re starting to catch up on the backlog generated in June. At just past the halfway point of the year, which is where we are, we’re on 136 papers, which suggests a total around 272 for the year.

Lethal plague outbreaks in Lake Baikal hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago

"We contend that the occurrence of outbreaks among mid-Holocene hunter-gatherer communities well outside the sphere of Late Neolithic Europe challenges the notion that higher population densities and lifestyle changes during the Neolithic agricultural transition were prerequisites for plague epidemics."

Macleod, R., Seersholm, F.V., De Sanctis, B. et al. Lethal plague outbreaks in Lake Baikal hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago. Nature 654, 697–705 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10540-5.

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Archaeology #Biology #Genetics #Anthropology #Academia

Lethal plague outbreaks in Lake Baikal hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago

"We contend that the occurrence of outbreaks among mid-Holocene hunter-gatherer communities well outside the sphere of Late Neolithic Europe challenges the notion that higher population densities and lifestyle changes during the Neolithic agricultural transition were prerequisites for plague epidemics."

Macleod, R., Seersholm, F.V., De Sanctis, B. et al. Lethal plague outbreaks in Lake Baikal hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago. Nature 654, 697–705 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10540-5.

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Archaeology #Biology #Genetics #Anthropology #Academia

As of today, the Directory of Open Access Journals (#DOAJ @DOAJ) lists 23,131 peer-reviewed #OpenAccess journals, of which 14,347 charge no #APCs. Hence, 62% of these OA journals are no-fee or #DiamondOA.
http://www.doaj.org/

You can get the latest raw numbers any time you want on the DOAJ front page, and the percentage is an easy calculation. Please correct people who say or assume that all or even most OA journals charge APCs. Most do not.

#ScholComm

As of today, the Directory of Open Access Journals (#DOAJ @DOAJ) lists 23,131 peer-reviewed #OpenAccess journals, of which 14,347 charge no #APCs. Hence, 62% of these OA journals are no-fee or #DiamondOA.
http://www.doaj.org/

You can get the latest raw numbers any time you want on the DOAJ front page, and the percentage is an easy calculation. Please correct people who say or assume that all or even most OA journals charge APCs. Most do not.

#ScholComm

"The university and its library have been around for much longer than #BigTech."

What role can a university library play in achieving greater #DigitalAutonomy at a university?

Our director Marjolein Nieboer and communications lead @babetteknauer talk about #OpenAccess, #OpenScience and how we explore open tools like #Mastodon #PeerTube and #OpenAlex.

🔗https://www.rug.nl/jantina-tammes-school/news/2026/interview-ub-digitale-autonomie

"The university and its library have been around for much longer than #BigTech."

What role can a university library play in achieving greater #DigitalAutonomy at a university?

Our director Marjolein Nieboer and communications lead @babetteknauer talk about #OpenAccess, #OpenScience and how we explore open tools like #Mastodon #PeerTube and #OpenAlex.

🔗https://www.rug.nl/jantina-tammes-school/news/2026/interview-ub-digitale-autonomie