Still safe; still respectful: a mixed methods study exploring the early experiences of a rural community hospice in providing voluntary assisted dying

Abstract Background Voluntary assisted dying has become available as an end-of-life choice in many countries, including Australia.There is evidence on the mixed impact of voluntary assisted dying legislation on palliative care healthcare professionals, however, less is known about the interface between palliative care and voluntary assisted dying i

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Rapid experimental evolution of pesticide resistance in C. elegans entails no costs and affects the mating system.

Pesticide resistance is a major concern in natural populations and a model trait to study adaptation.Despite the importance of this trait, the dynamics of its evolution and of its ecological consequences remain largely unstudied.To fill this gap, we performed experimental evolution with replicated populations of Caenorhabditis elegans exposed to th

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