Suppose they gave a revolution and nobody came? We’re meant to be in the midst of a revolution in life sciences publishing but, for a revolution, it’s awfully quiet. For the moment at least, the ancien régime — in the form of traditional peer review and conventional commercial journals — seems to be winning. The latest fusillade came from Stanford University’s HighWire Press, which has just beg...

Il est possible, il suffit de le constater, qu'un ancien bagnard devienne Préfet de police, c'était sous le troisième empire, il est vrai, mais plus récemment nous avons pu constater qu'on pouvait faire un excellent garde des sceaux d'un personnage à l'odeur étrange à renifler. Les Partis eux-mêmes, gardiens de la salubrité publique, plongent leurs racines financières dans un étrange fumier. No...

Animals use day length (photoperiod) to time seasonal adaptations to annual changes in their environment. Reproductive adjustments in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus (Wagner, 1845)) from high latitudes are more extensive in response to short days than in deer mice from low latitudes. These adjustments may permit individuals to survive the severe seasonal changes (e.g., temperature and food ab...