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Powerful CT scans reveal thousand-year-old secrets from a collection of preserved animals from ancient Egypt.

Editor’s Choice in Structural Biology

Editor’s Choice in Immunology

I the dark Arctic shallows one research finds heterotrophic marine bacteria doing a surprising amount of carbon fixing.

Eleanor Simpson on how dopamine helps rats learn and may lead humans to addiction.

“This is my trophy,” says biologist Michael Edidin, walking across his office at Johns Hopkins University to pick up two oversized clock hands, once part of the stately clock tower that still stands on the Baltimore campus. 

When European explorers and fishermen began to frequent Canada’s shores in the 16th century, they brought with them a plethora of tools and trinkets, including knives, axes, kettles, and blankets. 

Whether it’s attending a Scottish dance party or asking physics buffs to custom build your tools, researchers at this year’s top institutions are getting creative at work.

Studying the earliest events in visual development, Carla Shatz has learned the importance of looking at one’s data with open eyes—and an open mind.

Editor’s choice in microbiology

New strategies are needed to address the current and future shortages of radioisotopes that threaten medical research and treatment.