Freddie Fungus and Alice Algae have no likin’ for prions. Photo by 0olong.- Genetically determined, except when it isn’t. The evolutionary context of misogyny.
- Queering evolution? The new frontier for evolutionary biology may be tracking adaptation to human-built environments.
- Mad lichen disease? Some lichens can apparently break down prions.
- Really, where would it have gone? That big underwater plume of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico is still there.
- No surprise to field scientists, I suspect. Commercial GPS systems have some downright dangerous issues with their databases for rural and wilderness areas.
- “This was the original peer review: immediate and open” The increasing use of online platforms for post-publication peer review may be taking scientific discourse back to its Enlightenment-era roots.
- Guess I’d better get some more gel packs. Carbohydrate supplements during exercise do, in fact, help you work longer.
- I’m sure that if/ I took even one sniff/ It would bore me terrifically, too … Pair-bonding with a mate seems to make voles less prone to amphetamine addiction.
- Time to revise the bat “pollination syndrome.” A bat-pollinated tropical vine has leaves that collect and reflect its pollinators’ echolocation signals.