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History repeats itself, and so do trends in research funding.
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Researchers studying differences in how individuals respond to stress are finding that genes are malleable and environments can be deterministic.
In an essay entitled "Nurture, Nature, and the Stress That is Life," neurobiologists Darlene Francis and Daniela Kaufer envision a future where science moves past the nature vs. nurture debate in considering differences in human behavioral responses to stress.
Large-scale data collection and analysis have fundamentally altered the process and mind-set of biological research.
Dried plant specimens reveal the origin of an insect pest that has spread throughout Europe.
Government and industry are the biggest funders of research, basic and otherwise. Here is how science funding in the US and European Union has shaped up in the past two and a half decades. View a pdf Read the full story.
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