November cover of The Scientist

November 2021

Embryonic Eavesdropping

Animals start listening even before they enter the world

Features

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Embryonic Eavesdropping: How Animals Hear and Respond to Sound

Conceptual image of gene expression in DNA

Enhancers: Conserved in Activity, Not in Sequence

Modus Operandi

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Synthetic Organelles Let Researchers Control Cell Behavior

Infographics

Illustration showing how engineered cells produce proteins that allow scientists to turn cellular processes on and off

Infographic: One Way to Flip the Cell Behavior Switch

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Infographic: Enhancer Activity Across the Tree of Life

Illustration showing how seagull chicks know when predators are lurking

Infographic: Animal Embryos Coopt Sound to Survive and Thrive

The Literature

Image of fruit fly epithelial cells (pseudo colored in this micrograph)

Epithelial Cell Signaling Helps Maintain Tissue Integrity

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Contrary to Common Belief, Some Older Trees Make Fewer Seeds

Foundations

Photograph of drought land due to climate change

An Earthy-Smelling Substance, 1964

Scientist to Watch

Microscopic photograph of brain tissue demonstrating the characteristics of Alzheimer's disease

David Gate Probes Links Between Alzheimer’s and the Immune System

Notebook

Colorized satellite image of milky sea

Milky Seas Can Be Spotted from Space

Dongsha Atoll in the South China Sea

Ubiquitous Little Earthworms Might Have Got Around on Driftwood

Reading Frames

Rendering of an iceberg

Opinion: Being, Feeling, and Knowing: Our Path to Consciousness

Critic at Large

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Opinion: The Problem with Preprints

Careers

Hand drawing a red line between the UK and the rest of the European Union. Concept of Brexit.

How Brexit Is Transforming the UK’s STEM Community

Speaking of Science

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Ten Minute Sabbatical

Editorial

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Brave New Publishing World

Image of small blue creatures called Nergals. Some have hearts above their heads, which signify friendship. There is one Nergal who is sneezing and losing health, which is denoted by minus one signs floating around it.
June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

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