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Monogamy with a purpose [Opinion] (2013)

de Waal, F. B. M., Gavrilets, S.

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2013-09-18

Description: Humans are fascinated by animal monogamy. In the 1960s, Konrad Lorenz idealized the lifelong pair-bonds of geese until one of his students pointed out some infidelities and suggested that geese may be “only human” (1), and Desmond Morris (2) speculated about the advantages of the pair-bond for early humans. Even...

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The role of science festivals [Opinion] (2013)

Durant, J.

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2013-02-20

Description: pnas;110/8/2681/UNFIG01F1unfig01John DurantThe wind of change is blowing through the world of science outreach. Tried and tested approaches—in journalism, broadcasting, museums, science centers, and elsewhere—are being reworked in unconventional and sometimes surprising ways. At the same time, older assumptions—about the importance of emphasizing “objectivity” in science, of relying on professional mediators,...

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Science interminable: Blame Ben? [Opinion] (2013)

Snyder, S. H.

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2013-02-13

Description: pnas;110/7/2428/UNFIG01F1unfig01Solomon H. Snyder.Science is indeed interminable. Criticizing old ideas, coming up with new ones in an iterative process of creative destruction and reinvention is the spice of life for research. But there is another seemingly interminable aspect of science, at least in the biomedical arena, related to journal publication. When...

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Satellites and psychology for improved forest monitoring [Opinion] (2014)

Asner, G. P.

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2014-01-15

Description: Forests are changing faster today than at any time since the Ice Age. The human enterprise has driven vast forest losses and a mounting wake of forest regrowth that defies historical biogeography. As the pace of change accelerates, so does the demand to monitor forests for conservation and resource policy....

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The cannabis conundrum [Opinion] (2013)

Miller, R. J.

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2013-10-23

Description: Richard Miller. The debate about cannabis (also known as marijuana or Indian hemp) continues. Is it “dangerous”? Is it “addictive”? Does it make you “crazy”? Everybody has an opinion, but what is the truth of the matter and how should this influence the legal status of the drug? At the...

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The forgotten half of scientific thinking [Opinion] (2014)

Scheffer, M.

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2014-04-30

Description: Although thinking is the core business of scientists, we rarely ponder how it thrives best; this is ironic, as there is abundant scientific insight to draw upon. For example, it is now known that thinking has two complementary modes: roughly, association versus reasoning (1). We systematically underestimate the role of...

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Birds and grapes on mountaintops [Opinion] (2014)

Diamond, J.

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2014-03-26

Description: Global climate change today includes an average warming trend (global warming) that affects the distributions of animal and plant species, both directly and indirectly (1, 2). The direct effect arises because a given species can survive or maintain itself only up to and down to its own characteristic maximum and...

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Stewardship of the human microbiome [Opinion] (2014)

O'Doherty, K. C., Neufeld, J. D., Brinkman, F. S. L., Gardner, H., Guttman, D. S., Beiko, R. G.

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2014-10-08

Description: Many studies have shown how the human gut microbiome can be altered by diet, antibiotics, and other factors. All of these factors can contribute to dysbiosis, where the services typically provided by symbiotic microflora are disrupted because of shifts in function or diversity. Just as humans have impacted many large...

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Sex, equity, and science [Opinion] (2014)

Woodruff, T. K.

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2014-04-09

Description: It’s clear that 2014 has the potential to be a big year for realizing equality in women’s health research and care. Teresa K. Woodruff. First came an announcement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on new partnerships that are being formed between the NIH, drug companies, and nonprofit organizations...

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A 21st-century social science infrastructure [Opinion] (2014)

Moran, E. F., Hofferth, S. L., Eckel, C. C., Hamilton, D., Entwisle, B., Aber, J. L., Brady, H. E., Conley, D., Cutter, S. L., Hubacek, K., Scholz, J. T.

National Academy of Sciences

In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publication Date: 2014-11-12

Description: The social sciences are poised for a transformation. New data from the Internet and social media, when combined with newly available administrative and transactional data, have the potential to greatly expand the questions that can be addressed, as well as the spatial and temporal scales at which they can be...

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