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How Ocean Currents Shape the Marine Microbiome

Ocean microbes keep the planet healthy by cycling nutrients and capturing carbon, but a detailed and precise map of where they live had never been made—until now.

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Rising Publication Costs Strain Researchers

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New “Kill Test” Could Help Screen Better Antibiotics

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The Federal Government’s Research Innovation Lifeline Has Gone Dark

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Why Do Some People Feel Motion Sickness While Others Don’t?

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Automating High-Throughput Therapeutic Protein Expression

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Phylogeny Research Hits the Mainstream in Popular Science Book

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 3 min read

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PubPlant: The Google Maps of Plant DNA

Daniel Norero | | 6 min read

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Postdoc Portrait: Madhura Subba Rao

The Scientist | | 3 min read

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Gut Bacteria Deplete Macrophages to Drive Ulcerative Colitis

Sneha Khedkar | | 2 min read

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Tough Moss Spores Weather Space’s Harsh Conditions

Laura Tran, PhD | | 2 min read

A mountain representing the number of English-language papers published by English-native speaking male researchers from high-income countries is shown. The different variables that aid people in publishing more papers are represented by ski lifts helping them up the mountain. The figures represent different groups of people with different advantages and disadvantages for publishing a scientific paper in English.

How English-Centric Metrics Distort Global Scientific Productivity

Anirban Mukhopadhyay, PhD | | 4 min read

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Why Do Some People Like Spicy Food?

Sneha Khedkar | | 3 min read

Sex Differences in the Brain Get Down to the Molecular Level

Stephanie DeMarco, PhD | | 5 min read

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GLP-1 Drug Side Effects May Be Tackled with More Mechanistic Studies

Andrea Lius, PhD | | 4 min read

A picture of Cristina Rosell Cardona, a postdoc at APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork.

Postdoc Portrait: Cristina Rosell Cardona

The Scientist | | 3 min read

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q.e.d: An AI Tool for Smarter Manuscript Review

Laura Tran, PhD | | 4 min read

A picture of Samuel Chagas, a postdoc at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Postdoc Portrait: Samuel Chagas

The Scientist | | 2 min read

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January 2026, Issue 1

What Is the Amniotic Fluid Composed of?

The liquid world of fetal development provides a rich source of nutrition and protection tailored to meet the needs of the growing fetus.

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