Sampling biases in the fossil record distort estimates of past biodiversity. However, these biases not only reflect the geological and spatial aspects of the fossil record, but also the historical and current collation of fossil data. We demonstrate how
David Crystal and his son Ben talk about Early Modern English pronunciation and its importance in our understanding of Shakespeare’s plays. They explore what performing Shakespeare in OP brings to the text, and the semantic word play that is lost in RP. Well worth...
In a large population of single migrating cells, depletion of the chemoattractant by cells in the leading front eventually makes the gradient ineffective for guiding trailing cells that are progressively left behind. In the context of the advantages and disadvantages discussed above, it appears the ...