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1. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Aging: A new defense in the battle of the sexes

   George L Sutphin

   Young Caenorhabditis elegans hermaphrodites use their own sperm to protect against the negative consequences of mating.
2. 1. Neuroscience

   Decision Making: Remembering to choose the future

   Lesley K Fellows

   A brain region known as the hippocampus is required when people assess different options before making a value-based choice.
3. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
   2. Evolutionary Biology

   Cell Signaling: Learning from ancestors

   Suk ho Hong, Neel H Shah

   Applying ancestral sequence reconstruction techniques to protein kinases reveals the mutations that underlie different modes of activation.

4. Point of View: When it comes to teaching and tenure it is time to walk the walk

   Andrew W Murray et al.

   Institutions should value teaching and service, and not just research, when considering faculty for promotion and tenure.

5. Point of View: Four erroneous beliefs thwarting more trustworthy research

   Mark Yarborough et al.

   Strategies to improve public trust in biomedical research are being hindered by a scientific mindset that stifles interest in reform.
6. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Anaerobic Bacteria: Solving a shuttle mystery

   Bridget Conley, Jeffrey Gralnick

   Shewanella oneidensis bacteria use an abiotic reaction to help shuttle electrons outside of the cell.
7. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Genetics and Genomics

   Neurogenesis: Silencing the alternative

   Priya Sivaramakrishnan, John Isaac Murray

   The transcription factor ztf-11 promotes neuronal differentiation by repressing other cell fates in the nematode worm C. elegans.

8. Point of View: Tell me a story

   Joshua R Sanes

   Many authors start with the figures when writing a paper, but it is easier to tell a good story if you start with the Introduction and Results, and leave the figures to later.
9. 1. Human Biology and Medicine

   Meta-Research: Gender variations in citation distributions in medicine are very small and due to self-citation and journal prestige

   Jens Peter Andersen et al.

   In studies of gender disparities in academia, increased focus is required on within-group variability and between-group overlap of distributions when interpreting and reporting results.

10. Point of View: Science, art, society and Klimt’s University of Vienna paintings

    Alberto E Pereda

    A set of paintings by Gustav Klimt highlights ongoing tensions in the relationships between art, science and society.