Palaeobiology
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I was appalled when I read a report in Nature last year about proposals by the Indian government to encourage universities to teach astrology (Nature 411, 227; 200110.1038/35077282), but never thought that anything similar might occur in... more
Activated platelets bind numerous adhesive and procoagulant proteins by receptor-mediated processes. Although there is little evidence to suggest that these processes are heterogeneous in platelets, we previously found that platelets... more
The ability to find one's way depends on neural algorithms that integrate information about place, distance and direction, but the implementation of these operations in cortical microcircuits is poorly understood. Here we show that... more
Spiral-shaped foraging trace fossils, assigned to the graphoglyptid cf. Spirorhaphe azteca, are reported from an Early Permian intertidal flat in the Robledo Mountains of southern New Mexico, USA. Remarkably similar spiral-shaped... more