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A snapshot of the highest-ranked articles from a 30-day period on Faculty of 1000

Invertebrates with vertebrate-like vision challenge the idea that the two groups of organisms have distinctly different visual receptors

A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in molecular biology and related areas, from Faculty of 1000

A round up of recent discoveries in behavior research

The voracious clearing of injured and dying cells that could have otherwise recovered may contribute to neurodegenerative disease

A documentary about the research of neuroscientist Robert White goes beyond his macabre head-transplant experiments to highlight his contributions to science

Journals debate the value of supplemental materials

A genetically modified fungus that targets not mosquitoes, but the malaria parasites inside, could be a powerful tool for malaria eradication

Fish excrement found in seafloor sediment forces scientists to rethink the way they reconstruct earth's climate history

New genetic analyses show that multicellularity was gained -- and lost -- several times in the blue-green algae

Hunting can generate revenue to boost conservation efforts, but when should it be allowed for endangered populations?

Some highlights from the annual AAAS conference, held in Washington, DC, this past weekend