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Jimothy, the raccoon with a short spine, scampers across the grass in Seattle.
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A sophisticated brain and maternal care may have helped internet sensation Jimothy the raccoon survive the wild with a rare spinal condition.

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Deep-Sea Worms Detoxify Harmful Elements to Thrive

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Icing Worms to Prolong Memory

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Animals Are Shape-Shifting in Response to a Warming World

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Fungal Cold Adaptation Linked to Protein Structure Changes: Study

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Historic Adaptations May Now Make Us Susceptible to Disease

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Corals Upend Longstanding Idea About Genetic Inheritance

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Penguins Are Among the World’s Slowest-Evolving Birds: Study

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Science Snapshot: Free Fallin’ Salamanders

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Genome Spotlight: Giant Isopod (Bathynomus jamesi)

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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Then and Now: Sarkis Mazmanian Finds Gut-Brain Links to Parkinson’s Disease

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

A new system that enables researchers to uniquely tag monoclonal antibodies for use in microscopy could help simplify complex imaging studies.

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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Beyond the Basics: Strategies for Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis

Beyond the Basics: Strategies for Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis

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Building Translation-Ready Biomarkers with Connected Workflows

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