A painting showing Napoleon’s troops retreat from Russia in 1812. Ancient DNA analysis revealed that paratyphoid and recurring fevers afflicted the soldiers during this time.
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Sequencing genomic material extracted from the teeth of 13 soldiers in Napoleon’s troops highlighted that more diseases than previously thought affected the army.

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Dog Ancestry Provides Clues to Ancient Human Activities

Dog Ancestry Provides Clues to Ancient Human Activities

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Black Death Likely Originated in Central Asia

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Ancient Human Footprints in New Mexico Dated to Ice Age

Scholars Boycott Meeting, Citing Misconduct Accusations

A. anamensis Hominin Skull Could Recast Our Human Family Tree

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Ancient Wooden Pots from China Contain Cannabis Residue

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Image of the Day: Stale Cereal

Ancient Genomes Reveal Clues About Native Americans’ Past

Cranial Craters, 1000-1250

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Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

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November 2025, Issue 1

Why Do We Feel Butterflies in the Stomach?

These fluttering sensations are the brain’s reaction to certain emotions, which can be amplified or soothed by the gut’s own “bugs".

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Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

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Exploring the State of the Art in Gene Editing Techniques

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Simplifying Early Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis with Blood Testing

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