Briefings

2019 Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Aggressive behavior toward rival group members increases activity in the brain's reward circuit

Antibiotic polymers kill drug-resistant bacteria

Antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria

Antisense drugs target amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Arylomycin antibiotics may combat antimicrobial resistance

Biogas from dung holds promise for cleaner energy in India

Biologics and biosimilar drugs

Caenorhabditis elegans

Change blindness and visual perception

Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution

Climate-change research suggests that pollen seasons will grow longer and more severe

Cold-dry limits of life on Earth

Colorectal cancer increasing in young adults

Computational sensory stimulus recognition pattern discovered in locusts

Conception of northern white rhino embryos by intracytoplasm sperm injection

Connection between Neandertal DNA and COVID-19

Convergent evolution in monarch butterfly predators

Cranberry compound prevents antibiotic resistance in laboratory tests

Designing crops for pharmaceutical uses

Diauxic growth (diauxie)

Discovery of ancient Australopithecus anamensis skull

Dissolved organic carbon in the deep ocean biodegrades after all

DNA-templated organic synthesis

Dog domestication may have occurred first in Siberia

Dragonflies use physical mechanics and neuromuscular signals to right themselves during flight

Drug-resistant Candida auris and Acinetobacter are serious public-health threats

Drug-resistant tuberculosis on the rise

Electronic tongue for monitoring food quality

Emerging therapies for sickle cell disease

Environmental sex determination of green sea turtles affected by climate change

Epigenetic mechanisms underlying plant alarm signaling

Evolutionary epidemiology

Expanded range for CRISPR gene editing

Experimental Ebola vaccine is effective

Feathered dinosaur tail in amber

Fentanyl is the leading cause of drug overdose deaths

Fingerprint age determination by mass spectrometry

Fish can perform basic arithmetic

Fossil may push back age of genus Homo

Four endangered species of giraffes

Genetic engineering improves photosynthesis and growth in tobacco plants

Genetic engineering of bananas to combat Panama disease

Genetically modified nonbrowning apples approved for sale

Gold nanoparticles produced using snail mucus promote wound healing

Gut enzymes convert human blood from type A to type O

H5N1 vaccine approved by the U.S. FDA

Histamine and histamine intolerance

Hydroxy acids in skin care products

Ichthyornis provides clues for avian evolution

Intestinal wound healing impaired by fungi

Komodo dragon genome provides clues to evolution and physiology

Lab-grown coffee

Lazarus effect and Lazarus taxa

Macular degeneration causes severe vision loss

Malodorous scents trigger involuntary, rapid avoidance behaviors in humans

Mammoth cloning and de-extinction

Measles can cause loss of immune-system memory

Molting in arthropods

Neural basis of rhythm in music

Neuroethology

Neurotoxin identified in mysterious deaths of eagles in the southeastern United States

New Guinea singing dog is rediscovered in the wild

New orangutan species

New polymer made from limonene and sulfur waste absorbs mercury pollution from water

New tuberculosis vaccine under clinical investigation

Newly identified salivary glands in humans

Newly identified whales in the Gulf of Mexico and Indian Ocean

Nonfunctional gene in aquatic mammals imparts vulnerability to harmful organophosphates

Obesity classified as a disease

Ocean acidification affecting fishes' sense of smell

Oldest lizard fossil specimen identified

Osteoprotegerin holds potential as a therapeutic agent for bone disorders

Phosphine gas, a sign of life, in the atmosphere of Venus

Plant orbicules act as possible vectors of allergens

Polyelectrolytes

Possible association between depression and gut bacteria

Possible connection between autism and the gut microbiome

Possible mechanism for why pigs are less susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 virus

Possible new species of killer whale

Possible origin of colored eggs in dinosaurs

Potential use of mRNA vaccines to prevent multiple sclerosis

Potential use of psychedelic drugs to treat psychiatric disorders

Previously unknown shark extinction event occurred 19 million years ago

Quorum sensing in bacteria

Regenerative medicine as a treatment modality for organ loss

Robot rover Perseverance lands on Mars

SARS-CoV-2 variants are a growing concern

Searching for a COVID-19 vaccine

Sensory function of the narwhal tusk

Smallpox found in skeletons of Vikings

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus identified as the first known aquatic dinosaur

Statins (cholesterol-lowering drugs) may have additional beneficial effects

Teixobactin: first in a new class of antibiotics

Tentative fossilized evidence of oldest animal life

Turn your smartphone into a microscope

Two coexisting mitochondrial genomes found in tuataras

Two experimental drugs for treating aggressive breast cancer

Two new species of sawsharks from the Indian Ocean

U.S. bans antibiotics use for enhancing growth in livestock

Understanding Marfan syndrome

Use of CRISPR/ Cas9 in the treatment of endometrial cancer

Vibration-sensing beak organ found in ibises, kiwi birds, and sandpipers

Water treatment strategies for swimming pools

Wild poliovirus eradicated in Africa