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A study of 3,500 children in the UK shows that data on socioeconomic background and previous educational achievements can better predict how students will perform at school than genetic data.

A whale leaping above the surface expends an enormous amount of energy, displaying its health and strength to peers and potential mates.

Structures in the inner ear can help determine the evolutionary relationship between extinct and living primates.

An automated high-throughput platform can screen for molecules that change the motility of sperm cells and their ability to fertilize.

A native calcium ion channel has been identified in bacteria for the first time.

A truncated version of the only insulin receptor in C. elegans has been discovered.

Cryo-electron microscopy reveals how ubiquitination promotes the methylation of histone H3 by the histone-modifying complex COMPASS.

Analysis of yeast, fly and human genomes suggests that sequence divergence is not the main source of orphan genes.

The structures of the bovine and human BBSome reveal that a conformational change is required to recruit the complex to the ciliary membrane.

MRI experiments have revealed how throat singers from Tuva produce their characteristic sound.