Giraffes congregate at the Copenhagen Zoo. The culling of a giraffe named Marius at this zoo in 2014 sparked a debate about the practice of euthanizing surplus animals at zoos. We argue that such ...

Zhang et al. (1) question whether our study (2) provides evidence of multiple parallel vector memories coexisting in bumblebees. They suggest that an alternate model, where a single vector memory is ...

The inclination to explore across vast expanses has been a continual part of human history. In voyages across the Atlantic, or North America, one of the greatest obstacles was the availability of ...

laflunimus 7.2 ± 3.7 2.5 Concentration that produces 50% inhibition. Lowest concentration of statistically significant inhibition. LIC is antisickling for cells from 2 of 3 donors. Compound causes ...

The Mauthner neuron (MN), the largest neuron in the vertebrate brain, processes multisensory information to trigger a rapid predator escape response in fish. Mercedes Hildebrandt et al. tested whether ...

Lithium-ion batteries are a remarkable technological success story. With improving performance and plunging costs over the last decade, they have helped to transform modern life, powering cell phones, ...

Squirting cucumbers (Ecballium elaterium) explosively launch their seeds in a high-pressure jet in one of the most rapid movements documented in the plant kingdom. Finn Box, Derek Moulton, Dominic ...

The Earth is always changing, yet animal, human, and environmental interconnections are each increasing at such force, frequency, and range that the planet faces a primordial, anthropogenic condition ...

Douglas fir trees, right, were shown to have an economic edge over beech trees, left; Douglas fir are also relatively resilient to warmer, drier weather. Image credit: Christina Hackmann For decades, ...

The authors note that they inadvertently left off acknowledgment of the high school student who constructed the robot used in the playpen studies. The Acknowledgments should state: “We thank the ...

Shangshan pottery vessels and artistic representation of red beer served with a jar and cup. The effects of climate change on the movements and densities of marine and terrestrial species have been ...

Translation entails ribosomes reading a gene’s messenger RNA transcript to generate a protein. Image credit: ART-ur/ Shutterstock. Textbook descriptions of translation—the fundamental process of ...