Health officials the world over pledge to help contain the worst-ever Ebola outbreak ongoing in West Africa, as regulators grapple with evaluating potential treatments and vaccines.

See-through organs and animals; distinguishing white from brown and beige fat cells; chipping away at genetic mosaicism; catching up with the blogger behind Street Anatomy

The Kardashian Index reflects how a scientist’s social media presence stacks up against her citation record.

Health officials report the first case of Ebola virus disease outside of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. A 40-year-old man has died in Nigeria.

Researchers use light-sheet microscopy to map central nervous system activity in zebrafish larvae.

Blood-based Alzheimer’s diagnostics; CRISPR cuts out HIV; Leishmania and the sand fly microbiome; deconstructing the lionfish science fair debacle

The former head of a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention biosecurity lab has left his post amidst safety retooling at government labs.

Researchers detect traces of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in the air of a barn housing an infected camel.

Joep Lange, an infectious disease specialist who dedicated his career to HIV/AIDS research, has passed away at age 59.

Converting heart muscle to pacemaker cells in pigs; alternative splicing and the human proteome; questioning a reported yogurt mold-illness link; H. pylori swiftly find mouse stomach injuries

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

Analysis of an approximately 125 million-year-old fossil found in China creates a new upper limit for microraptor size.