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Plants ‘talk’ to plants to help them grow

By Ralph Turchiano on May 10, 2013

Contact: Hilary Glover hilary.glover@biomedcentral.com 44-020-319-22370 BioMed Central Having a neighborly chat improves seed germination, finds research in BioMed Central’s open access journal BMC Ecology. Even when other known means of communication, such as contact, chemical and light-mediated signals, are blocked… Read More ›

Psychological Science in the Public Interest claims those that question popular belief lack cognitive effort: Recommends “debiasing” Campaigns

By Ralph Turchiano on September 19, 2012 • ( 1 )

Engineering Evil: A very entertaining article in the venue of double speak. To question scientific conformity is to be in question yourself. 😉 PRESS RELEASE September 19, 2012 For Immediate Release Contact: Anna Mikulak Association for Psychological Science 202.293.9300 amikulak@psychologicalscience.org Misinformation: Psychological… Read More ›