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Like all living organisms, without exception, plants integrate many external signals to adapt to their environment and increase their fitness. Is this a proof of intelligence? It depends on the meaning of the word; and it really does not matter.
A recent ruling against Monsanto highlights the many ways that glyphosate has not only embedded itself within agriculture, but also tied agribusiness, science and politics together in unprecedented ways.
Review by one’s peers has been a keystone of scientific progress since before the word ‘scientist’ was coined, but it can be an abrasive and dispiriting experience. How do young career-scientists think it can be improved?