It’s so great to see how international the content of ATG is becoming!! My relatives are Greek and I try to keep up with Greek on Duolingo! We all need to learn more about scholarly issues in other countries, so thank goodness for this issue as a snapshot on the Global South including Argentina and Ecuador!

Scoop! Just heard that the SC house voted to make daylight savings time permanent! I like that, do you? But the SC Senate has to agree!?

I was excited to see that Annual Reviews has added Underline Science! Check out the interview on the blog with Underline Science CEO Jernej Masnec.

"The Most Underrated North Carolina Perennial That Keeps Blooming From Spring Straight Through Fall. Walk past a sunny slope in the North Carolina Piedmont in late April and you might notice a low, spreading plant covered in clusters of pink or purple-lavender flowers, and wonder why nobody talks about it. That plant is rose verbena, Verbena canadensis, a native perennial with a documented bloom window stretching from April through September across the Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and mountains. It handles heat, humidity, and dry spells better than most ornamentals you can buy at the garden center. The catch is that it does need the right site, a little startup care, and honest expectations, and this article gives you all three."

10 Slang Terms From the American Colonies. "The colonial era not only laid the foundation for American democracy but also saw the evolution of American English. As English settlers laid down roots in the Americas, their language started to deviate from British English. During this linguistic evolution, new slang emerged among those living in the American colonies. While many popular examples from that era have since fallen by the wayside, the 250th birthday of the United States is a good opportunity to examine the colloquialisms that people back then used in their everyday lives. Many examples can be found in Colonial American English, a lexicon compiled by Richard M. Lederer in 1985. Here are some that stood out."

Springer Nature Takes Back Retraction of Max Planck’s Papers. Two of physicist Max Planck’s papers have been restored to Springer Nature after a mistaken retraction.

Elsevier's LeapSpace named Best Generative AI Solution at 2026 CODiE Awards - Elsevier has announced that LeapSpace™ has been recognized as Best Generative AI Solution at the 2026 CODiE Awards, the technology industry’s peer-reviewed awards program.