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A woman walks under snowfall on a city street. Signifies that some people feel cold temperatures more than others.

Why Do Some People Feel Cold When Others Don’t?

A picture of Umar Sheikh, a postdoc at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Postdoc Portrait: Umar Sheikh

A picture of Pierre Kawak, a postdoc at the University of South Florida.

Postdoc Portrait: Pierre Kawak

Scientific journals sit open on top of each other in a stack.

PhD Data Misuse Sparks Retractions, Ethics Probe, and Lab Fallout

A brown dog stares at a spoon of peanut butter in front of its face with wide eyes.

Why Do Dogs Love Peanut Butter?

Microscopy image shows a tardigrade perched on a branch-like structure.

Tardigrades’ Shield Against DNA Damage Inspires New Therapies

Vector illustration of implanting of brain chips into human head.

Cell-Electronic Hybrid Chips Could Enable Surgery-Free Brain Implants

A close-up image of a fly landing on a dessert

What Happens When a Fly Lands on Your Food? 

Red and green small tomatoes. A new genetic engineering approach helped gene-edited plants grow faster.

Gene-Edited Crops Grow Faster with a Little Help from Bacteria

A picture of Ruth Isenberg, a postdoc at the University of Minnesota.

Postdoc Portrait: Ruth Isenberg

Several miniature brain models, representing human neural organoids, often colloquially called minibrains, are laid out on a light blue surface. The pattern of these organoids seem arrow-like, indicating the future directions of the field that neuroscientists and ethicists envision.

Human Neural Organoid Research Needs Better Regulation

Blue, green, and red dots make a worm-like shape against a black background, signifying human organoids grafted in mice that secreted insulin.

Reprogrammed Human Stomach Organoids Secrete Insulin

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November 2025, Issue 1

Why Do We Feel Butterflies in the Stomach?

These fluttering sensations are the brain’s reaction to certain emotions, which can be amplified or soothed by the gut’s own “bugs".

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Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

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Exploring the State of the Art in Gene Editing Techniques

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Conceptual image of a doctor holding a brain puzzle, representing Alzheimer's disease diagnosis.

Simplifying Early Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis with Blood Testing

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