The termination of federal F31 diversity fellowships puts many graduate students in a bind — and U.S. science at risk.

A comparative study shows that Transposable Elements can be linked to climate adaptation and other complex traits in Amphibians.

A comparative study shows that Transposable Elements can be linked to climate adaptation and other complex traits in Amphibians.

Basically, I asked myself: how can I explain my scientific interests in the cringiest way possible? And well… this post came out.

The Biodiversity Cell Atlas aims to create comprehensive single-cell molecular atlases across the eukaryotic tree of life, which will be phylogenetically informed, rely on high-quality genomes and use shared standards to facilitate comparisons across species.

Tests on Maria Branyas Morera, who was world’s oldest person before she died aged 117, gave doctors a trove of discoveries

Tests on Maria Branyas Morera, who was world’s oldest person before she died aged 117, gave doctors a trove of discoveries The nonagenarian actor Dame Joan Collins may have been on to something when she declared “age is just a number”. The deepest dive yet into the biology of a supercentenarian has revealed that even extreme old age can be reached without the brain necessarily faltering or the usual illnesses mounting up. Continue reading...

This perspective examines sleep’s mechanism (“how”) and function (“why”). The motor theory posits that sleep is governed by distributed motor-control circuits; the catecholamine hypothesis identifies ...

Scientists increasingly assess interventions against misinformation mainly via truth discernment. However, pursuing truth discernment may not be sufficiently beneficial to society if interventions do not improve behaviour and other outcomes.

Mulberry is the only reported plant species with multiple centromeres on each chromosome and is rich in miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) in their genomes. However, the reasons f...