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Some Honey Bee Swarms Generate Electrical Charges Stronger Than Storms

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Smelly Skin Compounds Draw Mosquitoes to Some People More than Others

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Book Excerpt from The Creative Lives of Animals

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Opinion: Biodiversity Loss Worsened by Extinguishing Animal Innovators

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Unprecedented Avian Flu Epidemic Could Presage Year-Round Outbreaks

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Avian Deception More Widespread Than Previously Thought

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Symbiotic Organs: Extreme Intimacy with the Microbial World

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Infographic: Symbiotic Organs Bring Hosts and Microbes Closer

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The Evolutionary Shaping of Modern Whales

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Constipation’s Effect on Scorpion Sex Garners Biology Ig Nobel

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Science Snapshot: Fine Feathered Foes

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Secret to Reproductive Ants’ Longevity Revealed

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Vipers’ Self-Defense Mechanism Could Spark a New Antivenom Strategy

Sex-Specific Dioxin Toxicity in a Humanized AHR Model

Sex-Specific Dioxin Toxicity in a Humanized AHR Model

Miltenyi
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Who Will Win the 2026 Nobel Prize? Scientists Make Their Predictions

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Nobel Prize for Optogenetics

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Evaluating Blood Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Staging

Evaluating Blood Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Staging

​Beckman Coulter
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Gene Editing Precision Depends on Guide RNA Quality

TriLink BioTechnologies
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October 2026

Antarctica’s Blood Falls Teems With Mysterious Microbial Life

Miles away from the closest ocean, marine microbes thrive in the red ice and mud around Blood Falls, offering clues to microbial adaptation and past climate events.

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Evaluating Blood Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Staging

Evaluating Blood Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Staging

​Beckman Coulter
Find better biologics faster with Stunner and the AI Developability Workcell

Find better biologics faster with Stunner and the AI Developability Workcell

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Characterizing LNP Heterogeneity With Super-Resolution Imaging

Characterizing LNP Heterogeneity With Super-Resolution Imaging

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