Usually, an organism’s cells all carry the same genes. In yellow crazy ants, some cells carry only maternal and others only paternal genetic material. Chimerism can happen by accident in nature but these ants rely on chimerism to exist.
Scientists receive too little peer-review training. Here’s one method from Nature for effectively peer-reviewing papers.
Proponents embrace LaTeX because of the total control it offers for document layout.
“To be accessible to the general population, documents should have a reading ability requirement of year 7.” Improve your science communications with the general public with the Australian Government Style Manual.
An entertaining talk from Jia Jiang about an experiment he conducted to learn about rejection and how to embrace these experiences to find opportunity.
Listen to Tim Urban talk about procrastination using a cartoon monkey and a panic monster.
Activities that combine mathematics and craft (think ‘origami dodecahedron’ and ‘crocheting a hyperbolic plane’).
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