Microbe Hunting Hits Home

Microbe hunting in the 21st century.

A paper from Delwart and colleagues a recent issue of PNAS (1) affords an opportunity not only to discuss a new virus potentially linked to flaccid paralysis but also to review global efforts to eradicate poliovirus, the major cause of flaccid paralysis; recent advances in microbe hunting; and the potential complexity of proving causation when discovering novel microbes. An Egyptian stone carvi...

How Europe hits home: Evidence from the Swiss case

Host Specificity in Microbe-Microbe Interactions

ventional monocultural crop systems often supported by high inputs of pesticides and fertilizers to sustainable agriculture. Although precise definitions of sustainable agriculture vary, one key aspect is a reduction in agrichemical inputs with a corresponding shift to alternative crop protection strategies, such as cultural practices, organic amendments, resistant or tolerant crop varieties, a...

Big Hits

T here aren't many sports articles in the journal Science, so it was with great interest that I read " A Late Hit for Pro-Football Players " by Greg Miller (www. sciencemag.org). 3 This article is a very interesting compilation of recent research and developments in the area of sports-related concussion. The article highlights the efforts of Chris Nowinski, a former Harvard football standout wh...

When Terror Hits Home: Identity Fused Americans Who Saw Boston Bombing Victims as “Family” Provided Aid

When Terror Hits Home: Identity Fused Americans Who Saw Boston Bombing Victims as “Family” Provided Aid Michael D. Buhrmester, William T. Fraser, Jonathan A. Lanman, Harvey Whitehouse & William B. Swann Jr a Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford, 64 Banbury Road, OxfordOX2 6PN, UK b Institute of Cognition and Culture, Queen's University, 2-4 Fitzwilliam St, ...