The potential of a cell to produce all types of differentiated cells in an organism is termed totipotency.Totipotency is an essential property of germ cells, which constitute the germline and pass on the parental genetic material to the progeny.The potential of germ cells to give rise to a whole organism has been the subject of intense research for
Geoscience communication is becoming increasingly important as climate change increases the occurrence of natural hazards around the world.Few geoscientists are trained in effective science communication, and awareness of the formal science communication literature is also low.This can be challenging when interacting with journalists on a powerful
Most parents lie to their children.They do it for fun, as a method of behaviour control, and to protect children from what they consider to be dangerous truths.At the same time, most parents bring their children up with the message that honesty is a virtue and that lying is usually wrong.How should our practice and our preaching be reconciled? In t