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New insights into the functionality of nonhuman sound may help us conserve nature and protect ourselves from excessive noise.

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A school of juvenile spiny chromis (Acanthochromis polycanthus)

Human-Made Noise Disrupts Fish Parenting

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Fish Are Chattier Than Previously Thought

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Fear Could Help Explain the Behavior of Animals in the Ocean

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Embryonic Eavesdropping: How Animals Hear and Respond to Sound

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Whale Song Echoes Help Scientists Map the Ocean Floor

Previously Unknown Beaked Whale Species Spotted off Mexico

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Tom Norris, Marine Mammal Acoustician, Dies at 55

Birds Warn Unborn Chicks About Warmer Weather

A Rainforest Chorus

Jungle Field Trip

A Fishy Chorus

The Whale That Quacked

Cetacean Cacophony

Hearing Whales

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

A group of newborn mice with their mother.

Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Agilent Unveils the Next Generation in LC-Mass Detection: The InfinityLab Pro iQ Series

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Agilent Announces the Enhanced 8850 Gas Chromatograph

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