Ten things we learned about COVID-19

Ten Things We Should Know About Time Series

Time series data affect many aspects of our lives. This paper highlights ten things we should all know about time series, namely: a good working knowledge of econometrics and statistics, an awareness of measurement errors, testing for zero frequency, seasonal and periodic unit roots, analysing fractionally integrated and long memory processes, estimating VARFIMA models, using and interpreting c...

Things we don't talk about.

Ten things to know about oomycete effectors.

Long considered intractable organisms by fungal genetic research standards, the oomycetes have recently moved to the centre stage of research on plant-microbe interactions. Recent work on oomycete effector evolution, trafficking and function has led to major conceptual advances in the science of plant pathology. In this review, we provide a historical perspective on oomycete genetic research an...

Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Inflation

These lecture notes are organized into ten lessons that summarize the status of inflationary cosmology. 1 Inflation is a Bold and Expansive Paradigm The hot big-bang cosmology is very successful. It provides a physical description of the Universe from about 10 sec onward [1]. However, it raises fundamental questions about initial conditions: The origin of the smoothness and flatness of our Hubb...

Why we worry about the things we shouldn't...and ignore the things we should.

It would be a lot easier to enjoy your life if there weren't so many things trying to kill you every day. The problems start even before you're fully awake. There's the fall out of bed that kills 600 Americans each year. There's the early-morning heart attack, which is 40% more common than those that strike later in the day. There's the fatal plunge down the stairs, the bite of sausage that get...