September 2020

Human Paths

Archaeology and genetics are starting to resolve humanity’s origin and spread

Features

The Peopling of South America

Genetics Steps In to Help Tell the Story of Human Origins

How Groups of Cells Cooperate to Build Organs and Organisms

Scientist To Watch

Ibrahim Cissé’s Tools Provide a Lens to Watch RNA Production

Foundations

Coronavirus Closeup, 1964

The Literature

The Gene that Makes Female Birds Drab

Long-Lasting Wound Infections Linked to Microbes and Genetics

New RNA-Based Tool Could Assess Preeclampsia Risk

Infographics

Infographic: Dialing Down the Glitz

Infographic: South America’s Early Prehistory

Infographic: Meet Your Ancient Ancestors and Relatives in Africa

Infographic: Anatomical Construction by Cell Collectives

Reading Frames

Opinion: Zoology’s Racism Problem

Careers

Science and Policy Collide During the Pandemic

Editorial

Back to School

Notebook

Ancient Grains Hint at Prehistoric Beer Brewing

Study Tracks Geographical Gene Flow and Ancestry in the US

Contributors

Contributors

Speaking of Science

Ten Minute Sabbatical

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What Causes an Earworm?

Memory-enhancing neural networks may also drive involuntary musical loops in the brain.

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Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

DNA and pills, conceptual illustration of the relationship between genetics and therapeutic development

Multiplexing PCR Technologies for Biopharmaceutical Research

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