At Cuatro Ciénegas, the ancestral niche conditions of the ancient shores of Laurentia persisted along with its microbial communities that have been coevolving for a very long time.

A new deep-learning software toolkit with general-purpose methods for quickly and reliably measuring the full body posture of animals directly from images or videos without physical markers.

Building on previous work (Cai et al., 2014), HIV-derived lentiviral vectors are harnessed to insert user-defined genes into a safe locus in the genome of human stem cells.

The locus coeruleus is organised into functional modules with subsets of noradrenergic neurones independently projecting to the spinal cord and prefrontal cortex to exert discrete, antithetical modulatory actions on a range of pain-related behaviours.

Strategies to improve public trust in biomedical research are being hindered by a scientific mindset that stifles interest in reform.

The brain architecture of shrimp living in deep-sea vents provides clues to how these organisms have adapted to extreme living.

Female mosquitos require a specific ion-channel protein to sense the presence of fresh water in which they can lay their eggs.

Early career researchers commonly peer review manuscripts on behalf of invited reviewers, often without receiving feedback or being named to the journal.

Each stage of the scientific life cycle stands to benefit from the introduction of data science techniques.