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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…

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Teaching genetics first improves understanding of evolution

May 24, 2017 0 Tessa Gregory

A new PLOS Biology study investigated whether teaching genetics before evolution improved understanding of evolution in U.K. schools. To learn more, I interviewed the corresponding author, Laurence Hurst, professor of evolutionary genetics and director of the Milner Centre for Evolution…

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Microbe Wars: Benign oral bacterium represses major cystic fibrosis pathogen

April 27, 2017 0 Beth Baker (née Jones)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacterium that can cause devastating lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients. It lives with multiple other microbes in biofilms in these patients’ airways, and is resistant to many antibiotics. Hui Wu and colleagues at the University…

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Losing their grip: Lactate triggers dispersal of meningitis bacteria

April 6, 2017 0 Beth Baker (née Jones)

Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of human bacterial meningitis and sepsis worldwide. The bacteria are known to aggregate into microcolonies in epithelial cells in the throat, before dispersal may facilitate the establishment of invasive disease. In a new study, Ann-Beth Jonsson…

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Ancient Algae: New fossils suggest plants might be much older than we thought

March 15, 2017 0 Jen Laloup

Tiny plant-like fossils reveal that advanced multicellular life may have existed for much longer than previously thought. The earliest traces of life on Earth date back at least 3.5 billion years and consist of single-celled organisms. Until now, it was…

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Hunting in the Himalayas: A predation analysis of snow leopards and wolves

February 22, 2017 0 Tessa Gregory

Killing livestock creates conflict between top predators and communities that graze animals. This presents a major challenge for conserving snow leopards, which are endangered, and Himalayan wolves, which are rare. These wolves prefer the open grasslands and alpine meadows that…

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Male circumcision and HIV-2 prevalence in West Africa

December 8, 2016 0 Tessa Gregory

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 (HIV-2) likely emerged in humans around 1930-40 and is less widespread than the predominant HIV-1, remaining mostly within West Africa. Male circumcision is known to be associated with reduced HIV-1 prevalence because the foreskin is…

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Coral Decay: Scientists pinpoint regions where declining coral reefs could impact people the most

November 17, 2016 0 Jen Laloup

Teaming with life, coral reefs are some of the most diverse ecosystems on earth. Countless numbers of marine species depend on these reefs, and humans do as well. With so much dependent on the tiny animals that construct these reefs,…

Author Interview

“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

Teaching genetics first improves understanding of evolution

Microbe Wars: Benign oral bacterium represses major cystic fibrosis pathogen

Losing their grip: Lactate triggers dispersal of meningitis bacteria

Ancient Algae: New fossils suggest plants might be much older than we thought

Hunting in the Himalayas: A predation analysis of snow leopards and wolves

Male circumcision and HIV-2 prevalence in West Africa

Coral Decay: Scientists pinpoint regions where declining coral reefs could impact people the most

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