Trench Warfare? Archaeologists battle it out

Trench warfare on the shore: interclonal aggression in sea anemones.

mpirical research in behavioral ecolE ogy is dominated by studies of verte brates and insects. The journal Animal Behavior, for example, during the last half of 1995 (Vol. SO), had a total of 48 papers onmammals, 43 on birds, eight on amphib ians and reptiles, 17 on fishes, 33 on terrestrial invertebrates (primarily insects), and five on aquatic invertebrates (only two of which were marine). Th...

Echo chamber and trench warfare dynamics in online debates

In this article, we take issue with the claim by Sunstein and others that online discussion takes place in echo chambers, and suggest that the dynamics of online debates could be more aptly described by the logic of 'trench warfare', in which opinions are reinforced through contradiction as well as confirmation. We use a unique online survey and an experimental approach to investigate and test ...

In the debate of sex and science, Summers, Hopkins, and the X chromosome battle it out.

Sorting it out

The AP-2 adaptor complex is widely viewed as a linchpin molecule in clathrin-mediated endocytosis, simultaneously binding both clathrin and receptors. This dual interaction couples cargo capture with clathrin coat assembly, but it has now been discovered that the association with cargo is tightly regulated. Remarkably, AP-2 is not obligatory for all clathrin-mediated uptake, and several alterna...

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