arXiv, and the scientific community at large, are facing a watershed moment. Scholarly publishing is currently changing at a rapid pace, and we are seeing a…

Half of our genome is made of transposons — snips of DNA that can move and copy themselves. But they’re more than parasites or genetic junk.

BREAKING: OpenAI might have stolen another major proof. In a detailed Mathstodon post, which I report in full in the comments, Andreas Thom presents several pieces of evidence suggesting that OpenAI...

BIG NEWS! The Jones Lab will be relocating to the School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability (SEES) at the University of Iowa in Fall 2026. Our work on disturbance ecology and conservation sc…

The Cluster of Excellence EXC 2124 “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections” (CMFI) at the University of Tübingen invites applications for Indepen...

Mluvíme o šestém masovém vymírání, ale současně každý rok přibývá kolem patnácti tisíc nově popsaných druhů. Jsme tedy svědky kolapsu biodiverzity, anebo spíš žijeme v období nebývalého poznávání života na Zemi? Čísla nabízejí zajímavější a méně černobílý obraz, než by se mohlo zdát.

Graduate Student Position (M/F) in Parallel Evolution of Clonality in Angiosperms...

‘Populations residing near nuclear power plants may experience low-level chronic exposure to ionizing radiation through environmental release pathways. In here the authors find higher cancer mortality rates in U.S. counties closer to operational nuclear power plants, with the strongest relative risks observed in older adults.’

Alt: a group of people are crawling through the mud .

Mycorrhizal symbioses represent one of the most widespread and ecologically significant plant–microbe interactions, shaping plant nutrition, stress resilience, and ecosystem functioning. Beyond their....

Český vědecký tým zaujal mimořádný buk albín z Moravského krasu. Metr vysoký strom postrádá chlorofyl, a přestože nefotosyntetizuje, roste zhruba třicet let. Odborníci se zaměřili na zdroje, ze kterýc...

The E120 Biodiversity Experiment at Cedar Creek in Minnesota, from their website. It all began with the best of intentions. By the time the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment was published in 2005, th…

Plants display a wide range of life spans and aging rates. Although dynamic changes to DNA methylation are a hallmark of aging in mammals, it is unclear whether similar molecular signatures reflect ra...

With so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.