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Mice Mating Melodies: House mice tailor calls to the sex of the receiver

December 13, 2017 0 Beth Baker (née Jones)

You’ve probably heard the high-pitched squeak of a house mouse, but did you know mice also make ultrasonic calls during courtship? A new PLOS ONE study finds that mice produce these complex, birdsong-like vocalizations at higher rates and at higher…

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Metformin May Minimize Multidrug Resistance in Cancer Cells

December 6, 2017 0 Tessa Gregory

Previous studies have shown that metformin, a drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes, seems to also inhibit growth of multiple types of cancer cells. Moreover, studies on cancer patients who already take metformin to treat diabetes have hinted…

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CRISPR for Conservation: Esvelt’s Ethical, Effective Editing Efforts

November 16, 2017 0 Beth Baker (née Jones)

“I was captivated by the marvels of the Galapagos Islands, and through them, Darwin’s writings on evolution. How glorious, that endless forms most beautiful and wonderful are wrought with neither knowledge nor intent! And how profoundly tragic, that the font…

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It’s Your Call: Baby bats pick up dialects from nest-mates, not mum

November 1, 2017 0 Beth Baker (née Jones)

The ability to learn vocalizations from others is believed to be rare among animals, and songbirds are mainly thought to pick up songs from their parents. But a new PLOS Biology study suggests that in young bats, vocalizations and “dialects”…

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Mollusc-Munching Marine Monster: First Jurassic ichthyosaur found in India

October 25, 2017 0 Beth Baker (née Jones)

In a new PLOS ONE study, Guntupalli Prasad and colleagues announce the discovery of what is thought to be the first Jurassic ichthyosaur found in India. The 5.5-meter-long marine reptile likely ate shelled marine animals known as ammonites and…

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Fraught Future for Flying Insects: Dramatic decrease in biomass in protected areas

October 18, 2017 1 Beth Baker (née Jones)

Insects play a key role in ecosystems, but insect diversity and abundance appears to be on the decline. To gain a better understanding of the extent and underlying causes of this decline, Caspar Hallmann and colleagues measured total flying insect…

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Delicious Holothuroid; Disgusting Habit: The genes behind the sea cucumber’s auto-evisceration defense

October 12, 2017 0 Beth Baker (née Jones)

The Japanese sea cucumber is not only a prized Asian seafood, but also an unusual and fascinating echinoderm which has a particularly disgusting method of repelling predators: when threatened, it can eject its internal organs. A new study in PLOS…

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“More burdened than expected”: The children bereaved by intimate partner violence

October 4, 2017 0 Beth Baker (née Jones)

Over 50,000 children worldwide are thought to lose a parent to domestic homicide each year. Dr Eva Alisic, who leads the Trauma Recovery Lab at the Monash University Accident Research Centre in Australia, is establishing a better understanding of the…

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Human bone engraving may indicate cannibalistic funerary ritual

August 21, 2017 0 Tessa Gregory

One of the most extensive assemblages of human bones from Europe’s Magdalenian culture (which lasted from about 12,000 to 17,000 years BP) can be found at Gough’s Cave in Somerset, U.K. Many of these bones bear cuts and damage, but…

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From the Frontline: How unsafe burials impact Ebola transmission

June 22, 2017 0 Beth Baker (née Jones)

Amanda McClelland works in dangerous places. A pediatric nurse by training, her work caring for children with infectious diseases led her to study public health. “Since then,” she recounts, “I have worked all over the world, focusing on preventing infectious…

Author Interview

Mice Mating Melodies: House mice tailor calls to the sex of the receiver

Metformin May Minimize Multidrug Resistance in Cancer Cells

CRISPR for Conservation: Esvelt’s Ethical, Effective Editing Efforts

It’s Your Call: Baby bats pick up dialects from nest-mates, not mum

Mollusc-Munching Marine Monster: First Jurassic ichthyosaur found in India

Fraught Future for Flying Insects: Dramatic decrease in biomass in protected areas

Delicious Holothuroid; Disgusting Habit: The genes behind the sea cucumber’s auto-evisceration defense

“More burdened than expected”: The children bereaved by intimate partner violence

Human bone engraving may indicate cannibalistic funerary ritual

From the Frontline: How unsafe burials impact Ebola transmission

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