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A new mate choice mechanism found in guppies supports an old evolutionary hypothesis

Pairing tones with electrical stimulation of the brain may reverse the constant ringing caused by exposure to loud sound

A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in immunology, from Faculty of 1000

Proteins that both hinder and spur cancer progression may not be as uncommon as previously thought

Drugs, sex, and food aren't the only sources of pleasure -- music activates the brain's reward circuitry as well

What can music theory do for the study of bird song?

Researchers discover how cancer can develop overnight

Women's tears contain a chemical signal that reduces men's sexual excitement

A round up of recent discoveries in behavior research

Plasmodium microbes that cause malaria coordinate with the internal clocks of their hosts to increase their chances of survival

In light of this month's feature on the evolution of multicellularity, we present a snapshot of the latest most highly ranked articles in this field, from Faculty of 1000

Why biomedical research is stressful, and how it can be slightly less so