Commentary: ‘What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.’ Shakespeare W. Romeo and Juliet, II, ii(47–48)

Commentary: 'What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.' Shakespeare W. Romeo and Juliet, II, ii(47-48).

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"What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name.".

The recent incident of a priest in the Syriac Orthodox church encouraging two parents not to baptize their new born child with an ancient Assyrian name can either be interpreted as an isolated phenomenon, or, which I will stress here, a form of religious conservatism positioning itself against modernism. In order to do demonstrate my thesis, I will first start with describing the role of religi...

A rose by any other name: would it smell as sweet?

We examined whether presenting an odor with a positive, neutral, or negative name would influence how people perceive it. In experiment 1, 40 participants rated 15 odors for their pleasantness, intensity, and arousal. In experiment 2, 30 participants passively smelled 10 odors while their skin conductance (SC), heart rate (HR), and sniffing were recorded. We found significant overall effects of...

Systemic sclerosis classification: a rose by any other name would smell as sweet?

A mushroom by any other name would smell as sweet: Dracula orchids

Mimicry, like coral snakes and their nonvenomous imposters, is one of the most compelling examples of evolution by natural selection. Although mostly known from animals that gain protection by resembling an unpalatable or harmful compatriot, both types of mimicry, Müllerian and Batesian, also occur in plants and fungi. Some fungi are known to mimic flowers to dupe pollinators into vectoring spo...