Five out of every six names that appear in the media today are those of…
Month: October 2015
Silicon ‘plant stones’ for strong rice: Fertilizing & recycling Si in Vietnamese fields
Recent research showed that silicon (Si) is an important nutrient enhancing the endurability of rice…
More students earning statistics degrees; Not enough to meet surging demand
Statistics is one of the fastest-growing degrees in the US, but the growth may not…
The ecology of microbial invasions
Scientists have described how microbial invasions follow the same general pattern as invasions by plant…
The solution to a 50-year-old riddle: Why certain cells repel one another
When cells from the connective tissue collide, they repel one another — this phenomenon was…
Why do people vote strategically, and for whom?
People vote strategically when they think neither their first nor their second choice has any…
Coincidence or conspiracy? Studies investigate conspiracist thinking
In pop culture, conspiracy believers — like FBI agent Fox Mulder on The X Files…
Language about climate change differs between proponents and skeptics
Proponents of climate change tend to use more conservative, tentative language to report on the…
Many young fish moving north with adults as climate changes
Numerous studies in the Northeast US have shown that adult marine fish distributions are changing,…
A snapshot of stem cell expression
A new study reveals new genes involved in pluripotency, new subpopulations of cells and new…