Exposure to chronic adversity in childhood and adulthood can lead to a dampened physiological response to acute stress and exaggerated threat perception.
Evidence from DNA sequencing reveals that an infectious cancer spread to two different species of mussels on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, likely because affected mussels hitched a ride on ships.
New discovery around the evolutionary loss of foot muscles in the lesser Egytian jerboa challenges expectations of how developmental tissue is remodelled over time.
Bacteria on the surface of leaves survive dryness during the day by huddling in tiny droplets – a finding that may help scientists support microbiome health in crops and natural plants.
Cells in the ear commonly believed to act as amplifiers may actually regulate sound sensitivity – a finding that could lead to better interventions to protect hearing.
Differences in how individual rats respond to ‘reward cues’, which have been linked to compulsive behaviours such as substance abuse and overeating, can be traced to a key brain circuit.
