- Lichens are even cooler than we thought! According to research published yesterday in Science, reported on by Ed Yong at the Atlantic, the NY Times here, and doubtless others, the symbiotic relationship between fungi and algae embodied by lichens is more complex than previously believed. I am really lichen this news and the reminder of how much more we have to learn about the natural world.
- Among the letters published in responds to an Upshot piece in the NY Times about the large number of research science graduates in relation to professorships was one from Joseph Deasy of MSK’s Medical Physics Department. He wrote to remind readers that there are still many challenges to humanity which could be explored by scientists provided policy changed to fund their work.