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  1. Media Coverage: October roundup of eLife papers in the news

    High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in October 2021, including The New York Times, The Indian Express and The Guardian.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    How transparency in butterflies and moths helps ward off predators

    A study suggests that some butterfly and moth species may have evolved transparent patches on their wings as a dual defence system, and reveals an unexpected diversity of structures that enable this transparency.
    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Energy-saving strategy helps hummingbirds fuel their long migrations

    Ruby-throated hummingbirds redeploy an energy-saving strategy they use to survive overnight without food to build energy stores for migration.
  2. Research funders invest in ‘publish, then review’ model for science publishing

    New investment from eLife’s funder-partners reflects their commitment to transforming research communication.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Effort to repeat key cancer biology experiments reveals challenges and opportunities to improve replicability

    A large-scale systematic investigation to replicate high-impact, preclinical cancer biology experiments identified barriers to conducting replications and observed weaker evidence for the findings compared with the original experiments. Unnecessary friction in the research process may be slowing the advancement of knowledge, solutions and treatments.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    How cocktails of miniature llama antibodies may help fight SARS-CoV-2

    The identification of hundreds of tiny llama antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 could lead to the development of potential treatments against new variants.
  3. eLife, PREreview and partners develop course to involve more African researchers in peer review

    The training course adds to ongoing efforts to promote greater diversity in scholarly review.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Grouping of immune cell receptors could help decode patients’ personal history of infection

    Novel software for grouping immunological T-cell receptors may enable the identification of shared patterns that could be used to determine if a person has previously been infected or vaccinated against a given pathogen.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Male animals are subject to stronger evolutionary pressures than females

    A study provides evidence to support the theory that stronger selection on males allows them to purge the population of genetic mutations that reduce survival fitness.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Ancient human relative “walked like a human, but climbed like an ape”

    New lower back fossils are the “missing link” that settles a decades-old debate proving early hominins used their upper limbs to climb like apes, and their lower limbs to walk like humans.