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Wikidata is continuously-updated resource that could improve the efficiency and accuracy of research in many areas of the life and biomedical sciences.

A study of 3,500 children in the UK shows that data on socioeconomic background and previous educational achievements can better predict how students will perform at school than genetic data.

A whale leaping above the surface expends an enormous amount of energy, displaying its health and strength to peers and potential mates.

Establishing a community of 'rigor champions' and building a comprehensive educational platform to teach the principles of rigorous science will help to ensure that the outputs of scientific research remain reliable and robust.

Structures in the inner ear can help determine the evolutionary relationship between extinct and living primates.

An automated high-throughput platform can screen for molecules that change the motility of sperm cells and their ability to fertilize.

A native calcium ion channel has been identified in bacteria for the first time.

A truncated version of the only insulin receptor in C. elegans has been discovered.