A brown dog stares at a spoon of peanut butter in front of its face with wide eyes.
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The reason dogs beg, sit, stay, and shake for peanut butter could be both evolutionarily wired and learned behavior.

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The drawing depicts two fruit flies near a plant from the genus Aristolochia. One fly perches on the plant's orange flower, while the other moves away from it. 

Flies’ Taste for Tumor-Fighting Compounds May Aid Drug Discovery

Stay Salty: Maternal Diet Affects an Offspring’s Neuronal Taste Circuit

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Why Does Everything Taste Like Chicken? 

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How the Gut Differentiates Artificial Sweeteners from Sugars

Six primates eat leaves

Umami Taste Receptor Evolved with Primates’ Diets

Neurons for Taste Loosely Distributed in Mouse Gustatory Cortex

Loss of Smell, Taste May Be Reliable Predictor of COVID-19: Study

Proton Channel for Sensing Sour Taste Identified in Mice

Researchers Identify Gene Variants Linked to Synesthesia

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What Happens When a Fly Lands on Your Food? 

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Record-Breaking DNA Sequencing Technology Could Transform Newborn Care

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Universe 25 Experiment

The World's Densest Bones

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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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