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1. Global Science: Barriers in Bangladesh

   Senjuti Saha et al.

   An international effort is needed to overcome the paywalls, customs regulations and lack of local suppliers that hinder research in low- and middle-income countries.
2. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Human Biology and Medicine

   Muscle Contraction: Too much of a good thing

   H Lee Sweeney

   A mutation that causes heart disease in humans increases the number of active myosin heads during contraction in the muscles of fruit flies, leading to the progressive dysfunction of the flight muscles and heart tube.
3. 1. Neuroscience

   Navigation: Shedding light on stellate cells

   Andrew S Alexander, Michael E Hasselmo

   The relationship between grid cells and two types of neurons found in the medial entorhinal cortex has been clarified.
4. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   

   Mechanistic Microbiome Studies: A Special Issue

   Curated by Wendy S Garrett et al.

   eLife is pleased to present a Special Issue to highlight recent advances in the mechanistic understanding of microbiome function.
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   Global Science: Neuroscience in Nigeria

   Mahmoud Bukar Maina discusses the challenges of doing research in a country with limited resources.
6. 1. Neuroscience

   Learning: The cerebellum influences vocal timing

   Court Hull

   We are starting to understand how the cerebellum contributes to vocal learning in songbirds.
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   Episode 49: August 2018

   In this episode, we hear about the RNA world, bovine TB, lung fibrosis, and why rock pigeons have different wing patterns.
8. 1. Neuroscience

   Chemotaxis: Cider vinegar rules

   Ronald L Calabrese

   Experiments in wind tunnels have shed light on the rules that govern how flies respond when they detect odors.
9. 1. Neuroscience

   Learning: How the cerebellum learns to build a sequence

   Reza Shadmehr

   Rabbits can learn the biological analogue of a simple recursive function by relying only on the neurons of the cerebellum.
10. 1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Malaria: Age, exposure and immunity

    Michael White, James Watson

    The acquisition of immunity to malaria by an individual depends on their age and the number of infectious mosquito bites they have received.