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How pregnancy transforms the brain to prepare it for parenthood

In November 2008, neuroscientist Susana Carmona — then a postdoc studying attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — was driving two colleagues

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A joint bacterial effort to produce vitamin B<sub>12</sub>

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Butterflies and moths are more than just pretty flyers. As they flutter around flowers, the insects charge up like tiny

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How to spot a predatory conference, and what science needs to do about them: a guide

Last year, Kutubuddin Molla disappointed a postdoctoral colleague who had sought his advice about a conference in Italy. “I quickly

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Predatory conferences are on the rise. Here are five ways to tackle them

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Rhapsodies in green: the poetry of plant biology

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AI is complicating plagiarism. How should scientists respond?

From accusations that led Harvard University’s president to resign in January, to revelations in February of plagiarized text in peer-review

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Guidelines on lab-grown embryo models are strong enough to meet ethical standards — and will build trust science

In July, researchers in the United Kingdom published a code of practice on how human stem cells should be used

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Lipids act as structural components of the pore of an ion-channel family

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