Best known for his contributions to the field of embryology [6], Karl Ernst von Baer [5] also pursued a variety of other areas of study including medicine, botany, zoology, and anthropology. Committing his life to scientific research, von Baer?s work led to the advancement of the understanding of mammalian reproduction, development, and organ functioning. His embryological discoveries ultimatel...

Correction for 'Real-space evidence of the equilibrium ordered bicontinuous double diamond structure of a diblock copolymer' by C. Y. Chu et al., Soft Matter, 2015, 11, 1871-1876.

The Trigonidiinae crickets of Rodrigues are examined. Two species widespread in South Western Indian Ocean islands are recorded in Rodrigues for the first time: Trigonidium cicindeloides Rambur, 1839 and Natula longipennis (Serville, 1839). Nemobius luteolus Butler, 1876 is a Trigonidiinae and not a Nemobiinae, it is transferred to Metioche Stål, 1877 as Metioche luteolus (Butler, 1876), n. com...

IT HAS BEEN a hundred years since Alexander Graham Bell succeeded in transmitting speech electrically. As is well known, the first words spoken by Bell on the telephone on 10 March 1876 were: "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you." What is not generally remembered is that the very first telephone call was also the first telephone call for medical assistance for Bell had just upset the wet battery ...

The genus Hemitrachys Gorham, 1876 is revised and a new species Hemitrachys tubericollis n. sp. from China is described as the second species of this genus. Thirty-eight illustrations of habitus, genital and external characters are provided.