2025 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Marion Boisseaux, discusses her paper ‘Shifting trait coordination along a soil-moisture-nutrient gradient in tropical forests’, which has been shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s 2025 Haldane Prize for…
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Check out 6 ways orchids use tricks to reproduce
Orchids don’t always reward their pollinators — sometimes they mislead them. From flowers that mimic insect mates to blooms that smell like rotting fish, orchids have evolved remarkable strategies to…
Evolution of Fear: Ancestral vs. Modern Threats
Summary: Do we fear a loaded gun the same way we fear a venomous snake? A new study suggests that while our bodies react to both, our “evolutionary” fears trigger…
Mosquitoes get the ‘I’m full’ signal from their butts, not their brains
Mosquitoes have an appetite dampener in their derrières. When mosquitoes’ bellies are full, special cells in their rectums block their bloodthirst, researchers report March 20 in Current Biology. The finding…
HBO’s ‘The Pitt’ nails how hospital cyberattacks create chaos, endanger patients and disrupt critical care
HBO Max’s enormously popular television series “The Pitt” is receiving plaudits for its realistic depiction of the trials and tribulations of health care in an urban emergency room. Now in…
Federal judge temporarily blocks RFK Jr.’s vaccine agenda – an epidemiologist answers questions parents may have
Public health advocates have largely applauded a Massachusetts judge’s ruling on March 16, 2026, to temporarily block major changes to vaccine policy made by the Department of Health and Human…
These cotton candy exoplanets hide behind a haze even the James Webb Space Telescope can’t penetrate
An exoplanet so light that it would float on water, were there an ocean large enough, is continuing to frustrate astronomers by concealing its closest secrets with a layer of…
Haldane Prize 2025 | Lifeng Wang: Soil fauna trophic multifunctionality mediates the release of elements from decomposing typhoon-generated leaf litter – Functional Ecologists
2024 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Lifeng Wang discusses the paper “Soil fauna trophic multifunctionality mediates the release of elements from decomposing typhoon-generated leaf litter“, which has been shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s…
Health insurance jargon can be frustrating and confusing – here’s how to navigate it
Since the Affordable Care Act subsidies expired at the end of 2025, Americans have undoubtedly been encountering a great deal of confusing information surrounding health care costs and insurance plans.…
