Greedy Bat Eaters versus Cruel Pig Killers: The Lose-Lose Battle of Divisive Discourse

Farewell to the Lose–Lose Reality of Policing Plant Imports

In an age of free international shipments of mail-ordered seeds and plants, more policing will not stop the global migration of hitchhiking pests. The solution is in a preemptive response based on an internationally coordinated genomic deployment of global biodiversity in the largest breeding project since the "Garden of Eden." This plan will enrich the narrow genetic basis of annual and perenn...

Win or Lose the Battle for Creativity: the Power and Perils of Intergroup Competition

Integrating and refining social interdependence theory and structural adaptation theory, we examined the effects of intergroup competition on the creativity of 70 four-person groups engaged in two idea generation tasks. We manipulated both group membership change (change, no change) and intergroup competition level (low, intermediate, high). Competition had the expected U-shaped relation with c...

The Scorpions Lose Their Sting

23 While it would appear that the decision to incorporate or subsume the Directorate of Special Operations (or Scorpions), into the South African Police Service (SAPS) is a fait accompli, the process of incorporation will not be straightforward. This is largely because the decision to disband the Scorpions is politically motivated, rather than motivated by practical concerns around the function...

Axons lose their identity

During development, epithelial cells need a little help fi guring out which way is up. < a d d a r t t y p e = " r e l " d o i = " 1 0. 1 0 8 3 / j c b. 2 0 0 8 0 7 1 2 1 " > Jaffe et al.< / a d d a r t > show how a polarizing protein ensures that the cells face the right direction. A newborn epithelial cell in, say, the intestinal lining will polarize so that its apical surface is oriented tow...

Hominids Lose Control