A few months ago I got to read one of the most entertaining scientific papers I’ve seen in a while.* It’s a study by Stefano Mammola and colleagues that documents patterns in the use of jokes in sc…

Survey examines how often academics attempt jokes during conference talks — and how these attempts at comedy land.

Science speaks with ecologist Stefano Mammola about the power of humor to enhance science communication

Variability in traits within species (intraspecific trait variability; ITV) has attracted increased interest in functional ecology, as it can profoundly influence the detection of functional trait pa....

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Functional diversity is increasingly used alongside taxonomic diversity to describe populations and communities in ecology. Indeed, functional diversity metrics allow researchers to summarise complex...