For centuries, potato has been one of the most consumed crops worldwide and the basis of the diet in many countries. Unfortunately, other organisms also…
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Farmed fish and shellfish accounted for more than 50% of the worldwide human consumption of these products in 2014. They are expected to provide two-thirds…
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In their daily struggle for survival, herbivores are faced with several challenges. They need to cope with the risks imposed by their plant-based diets, such…
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For all animals, reproduction entails an investment of time and energy. Among humans, lactation (i.e., breastfeeding) is, perhaps surprisingly, the most metabolically expensive phase of…
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The collaboration between spectroscopists and astrophysicists initiated in the 18th century with the purpose of assigning the Fraunhofer lines in the solar spectrum to atomic…
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When small (about 10 meters or 33 feet) near-Earth asteroid (NEA) 1991 VG was discovered in 1991, it was the first one of its kind and…
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Rhizobium rhizogenes is a bacterium that infects wounded plant stems. The infection results in the development of roots at the wound site (figure 1). These…
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The stunning complexity of life at its very foundation leaves countless fundamental queries beyond the reach of scientific interpretation. One of the big disputes in…
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Water purification is one of the inevitable problems affecting people throughout the world. Effluents resulting from industrial activities are the most problematic and challenging wastewaters…
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Shifting attention in space is a fundamental biological function. Without attention, it would be impossible to scan the environment and to detect prey, predators, or…
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The winter ecology of small passerine birds at Northern latitudes provides an example in which counteracting selective forces can be studied in action. Small birds…
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