Viruses' Sex Bias

Neurological representations of different tastes—like those of different smells but unlike those of sight, hearing, and touch—do not cluster in distinct spots within a murine brain region, a study shows.

Cells found in different branches of a tree have different patterns of DNA methylation, changes in which accumulate over time.

Imaged in real time in living people, immune cells at the surface of the retina could serve as biomarkers to detect retinal and possibly neurological diseases and track their progression.

The network effect can improve the ways that biomedical researchers collaborate.

With modern technologies unearthing novel bacterial and archaeal species by the dozens, hundreds, or even thousands, manually naming them all is no longer practical, scientists say.

Researchers say they have discovered a novel species of comb jelly using video footage, but they couldn’t recover a physical specimen. Is that enough?

The biologist’s undergraduate-centered lab allows students to play a meaningful role in research.

Researchers find different distributions of the immune cells in young, older, and diseased eyes.

Males and females show differences in gene expression, cell activation, and antibody production in response to some viral infections, but whether these influence COVID-19 outcomes is still unclear.

Researchers are getting creative to understand flight behavior in the fast-moving and tiny animals.

Scientists who work with foreign biological specimens face a patchwork of permits that threaten to block their projects, with potentially harmful consequences for the ecosystems they study.

An unsung group of South American falcons yields clues to the prehistory of a continent, and hints at secrets of the avian brain.

A famous account of multiple personality disorder in the early 20th century foreshadowed a century of controversial diagnoses and debate among psychiatrists.

In a triumph for science, COVID-19 statistics are finally trending favorably in the US. We must make sure the rest of the world is not left behind.

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.