A human somatosensory pathway recreated in a dish.
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For the first time, scientists have generated a functional neural pathway for sensing pain in a dish. This could help unravel mechanisms of pain disorders.

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New Mechanism for Touch-Evoked Itch Found in Mice

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Science Snapshot: Small Frogs Can’t Jump (Gracefully)

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Biophysicist Adrianus Kalmijn Dies at 88

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Hermunculus Situates Female Genital Sensation in the Cortex

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Book Excerpt from Feeling & Knowing

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Bianca Jones Marlin Traces How Sensory Inputs Shape the Brain

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Retinal Activity Prepares Blind Newborn Mice for Vision

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Eyeless C. elegans Perceives Colors: Study

Neurons for Taste Loosely Distributed in Mouse Gustatory Cortex

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Researchers Make Mice Smell Odors that Aren’t Really There

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How One Neuron Regulates Two Separate Behaviors

Smell May Be Possible Without Olfactory Bulbs

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Image of the Day: Target Practice

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Making Sense of Magnetic Navigation

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Fruit Flies Hide Their Eggs in Plain View

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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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Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

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An AI-Powered Scientist Proposes a Treatment for Blindness

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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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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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