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The first high-quality genome for a marine isopod may shed light on how this group of crustaceans adapted to the deep, dark depths of the ocean.

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Deep-Sea Jelly Reignites Debate on Remote Species Identification

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For Mates to Fuse Bodies, Some Anglerfish Have Lost Immune Genes

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This Deep-Sea Fish Has the Most Types of Opsins Among Vertebrates

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Image of the Day: Not What You Think

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Starfish in the Deep Sea Can See

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

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Universe 25 Experiment

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An AI-Powered Scientist Proposes a Treatment for Blindness

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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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Rare Disease Research Gets a Boost from Automated NGS Solutions

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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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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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Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

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Streamlining Microbial Quality Control Testing

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