Unsure of the origins of a rogue crop found on an Oregon farm, the US Department of Agriculture is following up on a second issue related to genetically engineered wheat.

Assessing PubPeer’s legal threat; how lengthy ICU stays impact the gut microbiome; gene links exercise to reduced depression risk; epigenetics of innate immunity; Ebola updates

Human activity and biodiversity; biomarkers of surgery recovery; “vacant lot” ecology

Charting ZMapp’s development; CRISPR and antibiotic resistance; NIH funding “hangover”

The WHO says more than 20,000 people could be infected by November, while the CDC estimates the epidemic will strike some 500,000 people by the end of January.

Sharing data; blood-based biomarkers; “midnight snack” science

Artificial sweeteners and glucose metabolism; why whooping cough is on the rise; heritable histone modifications; statins and bone growth; postdoc participation

Rob Knight on Reddit; 23andMe and privacy; noncoding RNAs code?

Stem cell trials; genetic engineering and citrus greening; appreciating postdocs

An analysis of three independent genome-wide association studies suggests schizophrenia is a group of heritable disorders associated with distinct clinical syndromes.

Two coauthors on the now-retracted stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency studies present yet another revision to the published method.

Gut microbiome’s effect on flu vax; new reference genomes for Ashkenazi Jewish population; assessing avian biodiversity across landscapes; gibbon and other newly sequenced genomes