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Getting the Word Out

In a shifting media landscape with a growing public interest in science, some researchers are doing their own PR.

Scientific Literacy Redefined

Researchers could become better at engaging in public discourse by more fully considering the social and cultural contexts of their work.

Marriages of Opportunity

New ideas for antibody-drug conjugate design

Giraffe Diplomacy

Is the public dissection of zoo animals a boon to research and education, a PR nightmare, or both?

Gene Editing Without Foreign DNA

Scientists perform plant-genome modifications on crops without using plasmids.

News & Opinion

Covering the life sciences inside and out

Clinical cases link immune changes to a cancer’s spread through the body, but find no role for so-called “driver” mutations.

The “just right” binding properties of a monoclonal antibody from an Ebolavirus survivor help it neutralize the virus.

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Researchers devise a technique for creating gametes from murine embryonic stem cells.

Researchers identify a molecule that protects antibiotic-treated mice from an opportunistic bacterial infection.

The Nutshell

Daily News Roundup

The iconic butterflies have flocked to their Mexican overwintering grounds, seemingly reversing recent population declines.

Reintroduced apes facing challenges; Zika conspiracy theories sow confusion; UK researchers nervous about new anti-lobbying law

The Japanese encephalitis virus, which typically moves to new hosts via mosquito vectors, can jump directly between pigs, according to a study.

Illumina accuses Oxford Nanopore Technologies of developing nanopore-based sequencing strategies covered by its patents.

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February 2016

Issue Cover: Plant Immunity

Nucleic acid aptamers and protein scaffolds could change the way researchers study biological processes and treat disease.

To protect the global food supply, scientists want to understand—and enhance—plants’ natural resistance to pathogens.

The largely overlooked resident fungal community plays a critical role in human health and disease.

What Should a Clever Moose Eat?, The Illusion of God's Presence, GMO Sapiens, and Why We Snap

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Sleep-like patterns of neural activity are apparent not just at the level of the whole brain, but also in isolated neural circuits.

The far-reaching effects of sleep loss

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    Giving credit to other researchers is such an easy thing to do . . . so why is it so hard to convince scientists and others to do that?

- Felicia Williams, Zika Update