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The scientific process is an iterative and collaborative journey. Research is published, others can weigh in on results, and hypotheses can be corroborated, refuted, or further refined and tested. Though it may seem like second guessing or perhaps become contentious in some cases, this often overlooked aspect of the scientific method makes science better by continuing to challenge scientific assertions, thereby expanding and deepening our understanding.
An example of this process has been published today in
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in a collaboration between researchers from Louisiana State University, the University of Puerto Rico, and UConn. This new paper is a follow-up to an earlier response published in the same journal in 2018 that told of a collapsing food web and insect declines that were taking place in Puerto Rico, specifically as a result of global warming.
TYNEDALE footballer Gareth McAlindon was a popular member of Carlisle United s first team during his spell at Brunton Park during the 1990s. In the second instalment of an interview with sister paper News & Star, the Hexham man, who has battled cancer, looks back on his time with the Cumbrians and his role in developing United s current leading scorer. Gareth McAlindon made 71 appearances, scoring 10 goals, earning a Division Three promotion winner’s medal under Mervyn Day in 1997 and playing in a couple of absorbing League Cup ties the following season, setting up a goal for Andy Couzens in a 3-2 first-leg defeat at White Hart Lane against a Tottenham side including Sol Campbell and David Ginola.