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1. Author explainer videos: Top tips for creating your videos

   Our author explainer videos allow you to illustrate your research and figures, bringing them to life, but what makes a good explainer video? Read our top tips.

2. eLife Latest: Announcing our three-year strategy

   Outlining our goals for four priorities, our new strategy sets a course for growth as we continue working to transform research communication.

3. Inside Discovery: Ancient tradition to modern microbiology

   Norio Takeshita explores the microbiology of Japan’s national fungus and how it reflects centuries of human cultivation.

4. eLife Latest: Announcing Kamran Naim as new Chair of our Board

   Naim’s appointment comes as we also welcome a new early-career representative to help guide eLife in our mission to improve research communication for all.

5. The eLife Model: Comparing eLife Assessments across revisions

   An analysis of more than 2,000 eLife articles confirms the willingness of authors to respond to peer reviews.

6. The eLife Model: Three-year update

   New funding, awards for metadata and UX excellence, and outstanding research articles are among the highlights of the past year at eLife.

7. What is a Reviewed Preprint?

   Reviewed Preprints are the first step on an article’s journey with eLife. How do they compare to other types of publications, and what are the benefits to authors?

8. Inside Discovery: Where theory meets biology

   Veronika Koren talks about pursuing a theory of neural coding that doesn’t fit a simple narrative, and the resilience it took to see it through.

9. eLife Latest: Promoting equity, diversity and inclusion – December 2025 update

   We highlight recent developments in eLife’s equity, diversity and inclusion framework and what steps we plan to take next

10. Inside Discovery: How do we understand one another?

    Joe Barnby describes how a simple game uncovers the way humans make sense of a complicated social world, and what it means when that ability goes awry.