This first item is my pick of the week: The tragedy of swearing parrots.
I'm guessing that many of you have encountered news items in which the word "CRISPER" appeared. In fact, earlier this year a Nobel prize was awarded to two of the discoverers of CRISPER. You might not know what CRISPER is or why its significant, but I've found the answer for you: an understandable explanation of what CRISPER is, how it works and what it's used for.
Here's a longer article about the role of iron-containing dust in affecting climate. Evidence from guano?
A tree that makes its own soil.
Can better photosynthesis feed the world?
Even in juvenile stages, mistletoe can adjust its physiology according to its host.
The relationship between voting patterns in the South and Cretaceous age shorelines.
Cockroaches seem to be the pollinator of a rare Chinese flower.
"One tree does not a forest make," some one once said. Oh yea?
Was the end Devonian mass extinction caused by a Supernova explosion. A podcast. The transcript, in case you prefer to read.
Salamanders have 3 to 40 times more DNA per cell as humans. Cells with more DNA are larger. So if an animal is tiny, it must have fewer cells, right? Or is there some limit? Tiny salamanders have the answer.
A new model suggests how evolution shapes ecological networks among species
For camouflaged animals, a quick dash is best to avoid detection
