A laboratory animal’s environment can have a dramatic impact on its behavior. For example, rats reared in enriched housing and large social groups are adept at coping with stress. Rodents living in conventional cages, however, commonly show signs of depression and display repetitive behaviors. But aside from studying rodents in the wild, researchers have limited options for […]
For the past 15 years, Peter Kind, professor of neuroscience at the University of Edinburgh, has tracked a worrying statistical error: pseudoreplication, or analyzing samples from the same animal as if they were independent specimens. This practice can lead to effects that look statistically significant when they are not. For example, in an experiment with […]
Today I’m here to remind you that you’re not alone, that we are all going through this together, that you need to go easier on yourself, and that we WILL get through this pandemic & related crap -Enjoy! As always, we are here for you and we love the responses and the notes that we […]
Er hat die nationale Bildungspolitik beeinflusst, mit den hochrangigsten Persönlichkeiten der lokalen Behörden zusammengearbeitet, sich für Hunderte von Kindern eingesetzt und war für viele Eltern ein Lichtblick. Aber jetzt im Alter von 75 Jahren und mehr als 20 Jahre, nachdem er sich als Leiter eines der besten Gymnasien des Landkreises zurückgezogen hat, hat Peter Read […]
