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The Princeton University evolutionary biologist studies how animals are changing due to human activity.

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Prehistoric Microbes Inhabit an Oasis in the Northern Mexican Desert

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Cities Can Serve as Cauldrons of Evolution

Soft Robotics Find a Place in the Ocean

Germany Sees Drastic Decrease in Insects

Bees Live the City Life in Detroit

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Ecotourism: Biological Benefit or Bane?

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What Happens When a Fly Lands on Your Food? 

Red and green small tomatoes. A new genetic engineering approach helped gene-edited plants grow faster.

Gene-Edited Crops Grow Faster with a Little Help from Bacteria

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Why Do Dogs Love Peanut Butter?

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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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