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Chemical structures of DMT, Psilocybin and serotonin

Infographic: What a Trip

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Natural High: Endogenous Psychedelics in the Gut and Brain

Like many animals, field mice (<em >Apodemus agrarius</em>) fight to protect their territories.

Mouse Brain Cells Activate When They Witness a Fight

four wolves cluster together in the snow next to a tree. one wolf at the front looks out into the distance.

Toxoplasma-Infected Wolves More Likely to Lead Packs, Study Finds

Illustration of green fluorescent bacterial cells.

Cocaine Use Creates Feedback Loop with Gut Bacteria: Mouse Study

Kentish plover standing by nest with eggs

Avian Deception More Widespread Than Previously Thought

Male common fruit fly (Drosophila Melanogaster) - about 2 mm long - sitting on a blade of grass with green foliage background

The Sex Appeal of Symmetric Songs

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Steroids May Explain Octopuses’ Self-Starvation

Dogs of various breeds running in the field.

They’re All (Potentially) Good Dogs

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Dopamine Drives Bee Desires: Study

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Altruism in Birds? Magpies Have Outwitted Scientists by Helping Each Other Remove Tracking Devices

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What Scientists Learned by Putting Octopuses in MRI Machines

Miscellaneous diatoms, appearing as translucent blue and brownish circles and rhomboid shapes, are imaged in front of a black background.

Q&A: Fluorescence Lets Diatoms Communicate, Coordinate Behavior

Reconstruction of an indeterminate theropod running on lacustrine sediments during low water timespan

Car-Sized, Meat-Eating Dinosaur Could Run Faster Than Usain Bolt

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Exposure to Chemical from Babies Linked to Aggression

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Diet Implicated in Autism-Microbiome Link

Illustration showing how seagull chicks know when predators are lurking

Infographic: Animal Embryos Coopt Sound to Survive and Thrive

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Leading Japanese Primate Research Center is Closing

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Neuroscientist Mortimer Mishkin Dies at 94

ABOVE: A pair of Labroides dimidiatus cleaner fish cleaning a puffer fish

Cleaner Fish Alter Behavior if Partners Can See Them “Cheating”

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Universe 25 Experiment

Green clusters of moss on a petri dish against a white background.

Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

A watercolor illustration of the human brain.

New Neurons Continue to Form in Adult Human Brains

Split image of a man unsuccessfully trying to tickle himself with a feather (right) and a man laughing and being tickled by a woman with a feather (left).

Why Can’t We Tickle Ourselves?

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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The Holy Grail Hunt in De Novo Antibody Design

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July Digest 2025
July 2025, Issue 1

What Causes an Earworm?

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

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Explore synthetic DNA’s many applications in cancer research

Weaving the Fabric of Cancer Research with Synthetic DNA

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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