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How heat stress triggers emergency programs in plants

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have found how plant cells respond to stress. If their energy supply is disrupted by heat, drought or saline soils, chloroplasts—the cells' powerhouses—send an intracellular distress signal by forming tiny, finger-like

Don’t Put In The Newspaper That Pharrell Got Frustrated

The Invite , the new tense dinner party comedy directed by Olivia Wilde based on a script by Will McCormack and Rashida Jones, was a Sundance hit and has been earning rave reviews. We mentioned it before because Dev Hynes composed the score , and now there's another music

Enriching conversations with toddlers

Asking open-ended questions and weaving conversations into everyday activities helps toddlers' communication skills, new research shows. Three recently published University of Otago–Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka studies analyzed the outcomes of the Enhancing Rich Interactions (ENRICH)