Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Liberating plant data, and driving future data linkage, to meet global food challenges
A database to redress the shortage of agronomy data in a rapidly changing world.
Saltern Microbial Communities Dine on DNA
In our paper, we show that DNA can be used as a source of phosphorus by a microbial community of a saltern. Yet, these microbes do not consume just any DNA…
Behind the Book | Hawking Hawking: author Charles Seife on how he cracked the cosmologist’s myth
The British cosmologist Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) was probably the most recognizable scientist of the last 50 years. Many of his greatest contributions were in the study of black holes.
Can Machine Learning Predict Alcohol Levels over the Legal Limit?
By Dr. Kirstin Aschbacher and colleagues.