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  1. Talking Points: Luisa Massarani on communicating science in South America

    A Brazilian expert reflects on the challenges faced by those who conduct and share science in her region.
  2. A photograph of Bianca Kramer outside, with mountains in the background.

    Talking Points: Bianca Kramer on publishing

    A former university librarian looks back at how scientific publishing has changed over the course of her career and shares her hopes for the future.
  3. A photograph of Bonnie Wintle in the mountains. Image credit: Ben Saunders

    Talking Points: Bonnie Wintle on predicting future trends in science

    The science of predicting future events is changing quickly with humans experts at the forefront.
    1. Genetics and Genomics

    Allorecognition: Knowing friend from foe

    Magnus Hallas-Møller, Katja S Johansen
    How does a protein at the cell wall determine if a newly encountered fungus is safe to fuse with?
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    1. Ecology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Group Size: The balance of the sexes

    Ralf HJM Kurvers, Lysanne Snijders
    A large-scale experiment demonstrates sex differences in cooperation and competition that can explain group size variation in ostriches.
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    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Transmission Histories: Traversing missing links in the spread of HIV

    Erin Brintnell, Art Poon
    Combining clinical and genetic data can improve the effectiveness of virus tracking with the aim of reducing the number of HIV cases by 2030.
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    1. Neuroscience

    Developmental Language Disorder: What happens in the brain?

    Faye Smith, Timothy D Griffiths
    A new imaging method reveals previously undetected structural differences that may contribute to developmental language disorder.
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    1. Cell Biology

    Centrioles: One master to rule them all

    Pablo Barbeito, Francesc R Garcia-Gonzalo
    Multiciliated cells rely on the same master regulator as dividing cells to amplify the number of centrioles needed to generate the hair-like structures that coat their cell surface.
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  4. Picture of a Phauda flammans Walker moth

    Episode 82: September 2022

    In this episode, we hear about ancient populations, wild animals in cities, tumour cells under pressure, smell and mating in moths, and Africa’s potential for neuroscience.
  5. Living Science: The compliment sandwich

    Eve Marder
    What is the best way to ensure that scientific criticism is heard and understood?.