How to get into a good little habit to start the new year (aka those New Year’s resolutions).

How to get into a good little habit to start the new year (aka those New Year’s resolutions).


A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the awesome properties of the Number 42. Here is how a perfectly ordinary number captured the interest of sci-fi enthusiasts, geeks and mathematicians.


Dr Matthias Rillig gives advice for PhD students, postdocs and group leaders on how to navigate the various challenges that academia presents.

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.

At some stage you will likely need to conduct a literature review – but did you know there are different types? Each has its own specific methodology that should be followed for the review to be considered robust.

‘Kangaroos’ and ‘snow’ are not two terms often together in the same sentence, but it makes for great viewing!

…with children rescuing them and throwing them off a cliff into the air and out into the sea.
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