This week we hear stories on how a bat varies its heart rate to avoid starving,giant wombatlike creatures that once migrated across Australia, and the downsides of bedbugs’ preference for dirty laundry with Online News Editor David Grimm.
Sarah Crespi talks Jocelyn Kaiser approximately her guide to preprint servers for biologists—what they are, and how they are used,and why some people are worried approximately preprint publishing’s rising popularity.
For our monthly book segment, Jen Golbeck talks to author Sandra Postel approximately her book, or Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity.
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Source: sciencemag.org