Ecologists have measured plant-soil feedbacks for six perennial prairie grass species in a short-term greenhouse study, and say their findings do not match outcomes observed in long-term experiment ...

Experimentation is a vital part of the scientific method. Most problems in science require observation of the system at work and experimentation to elucidate information about how the system works. In ...

The goal of any scientific experiment is to maximize information gain, while simultaneously minimizing the cost of the experiment. A well-designed experiment can help the researcher obtain this goal ...

The cause-effect sequence or “feedback” between plants and their soil microbial communities plays an important role in structuring plant communities. To predict this synergistic coexistence, ...

Over the course of one month, we gathered more than 20 newsrooms to participate in a two-week revenue and fundraising experiment. While long-term planning is important, it can cause newsrooms to feel ...