THINGS about MOND

Things to Talk About When Talking About Things

This commentary reviews the existing research literature concerning support for talking about objects in mediated communication, drawing three conclusions: (a) speech alone is often sufficient for effective conversations; (b) visual information about work objects is generally more valuable than visual information about work participants; and (c) disjoint visual perspectives can undermine commun...

Things we don't talk about.

Ten things to know about oomycete effectors.

Long considered intractable organisms by fungal genetic research standards, the oomycetes have recently moved to the centre stage of research on plant-microbe interactions. Recent work on oomycete effector evolution, trafficking and function has led to major conceptual advances in the science of plant pathology. In this review, we provide a historical perspective on oomycete genetic research an...

Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Inflation

These lecture notes are organized into ten lessons that summarize the status of inflationary cosmology. 1 Inflation is a Bold and Expansive Paradigm The hot big-bang cosmology is very successful. It provides a physical description of the Universe from about 10 sec onward [1]. However, it raises fundamental questions about initial conditions: The origin of the smoothness and flatness of our Hubb...

Six Things to not Like about NHST

Today, in 1996, my fascination with these problems is undiminished. But I've developed a certain angst over the intervening thirtysomething years—a constant, nagging feeling that our field spends a lot of time spinning its wheels without really making all that much progress. This problem shows up in obvious ways—for instance, in the regularity with which findings seem not to replicate. It also ...