From microbes in the human gut to symbiotic algae in coral reefs, research in recent decades has increasingly revealed the pivotal roles that microorganisms (or microbial species) play in shaping the ...

In a recent and historic breakthrough, scientists managed to reproduce rats without the need for male sperm, an important milestone that opens the question about the future of genetics and the ...

Here, I briefly consider some recent theoretical discussions and attempts to distinguish between the competing theories by estimating the values of key parameters on which each theory depends. For ...