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We're going hybrid! Current Biology now offers a gold #openaccess option to all authors. (image: Nipam Patel)

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All of Sydney Brenner's 'loose ends' columns are now freely available as an e-book on our website:

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New #fossil from Peru reveals that walking #whales were much more widely spread ~42 million years ago than previously thought #evolution #paleontology

An Amphibious Whale from the Middle Eocene of Peru Reveals Early South Pacific Dispersal of...

Lambert et al. describe a new cetacean from the middle Eocene of Peru, characterized by retention of terrestrial locomotion abilities and a significant contribution of the tail for swimming. This...

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It's Ernst Haeckel's birthday (183) today and really just an excuse to marvel at his artforms of #nature again...

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C. elegans. They wiggle forward. They wiggle backward. And occasionally they fly through an electric field. @sugitakulab @Phageman0911 #worms #celegans

Caenorhabditis elegans transfers across a gap under an electric field as dispersal behavior

Chiba et al. find that nematode C. elegans transfers across electric fields to achieve phoretic attachment to insects. This leaping occurs even when it forms a nictation column composed of up to 100...

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Our new special issue on Plant Interactions is out! Inside is a collection of pieces giving an overview of some of the many interesting ways in which plants interact with others and with each other. Have a look:

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Our latest issue is out! It's one for the #birds ! 🦩🐧🐦🦅🕊️🦉🦆🦚🦜🦤🪶 Packed with a diverse set of Primers, QuickGuides, Reviews and other pieces, focused on avian #biology . Many articles freely available! Check it out!

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Our latest issue is out! On the cover the pintail enantiornithine Yuanchuavis by @SerpenIllus (first spotted on twitter) see the paper by @Paleontologista & co here👇

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tail of a #dinosaur found in amber. Look at images, read paper & play #JurassicPark theme in your head...

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Picking one of 11000 species of #bird for the cover was a daunting challenge. In the end we went for a no-excuses showy bird, the Roseate Spponbill (Platalea ajaja), a wading bird of South and Central America and a Florida favorite.

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Our latest (f)issue is out, sporting Odontanthias borbonius, a dweller the mesophotic zone.

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"If you are not careful, you could end up spending an inordinate amount of time on things like Twitter" & many other nuggets of wisdom from the inimitable @HarmitMalik in his Q&A

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Hello yellow! It's Octopodober and we have a small special issue on #cephalopods and their amazing behavior and other soft skills.🐙🐙🐙 Check it out here!👇

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They ruled the skies for ~150 million years, some of them were the size of small planes. Pterosaurs! Introduced and spectacularly illustrated by @WryCritic , with @SteveBrusatte Read it here:

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Has the #NobelPrize made you curious about #Neanderthals #DNA ? Check out the great review on Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA in our #genome by Patrick Reilly, @SerenaTucci , Josh Akey & co!

The contribution of Neanderthal introgression to modern human traits

Patrick Reilly and colleagues review the genomic contributions of Neanderthals to modern humans and their effects on human biology and variation.

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A widespread misconception is that only male #birds sing. Naomi Langmore sets the record straight in this #quickguide on #female bird song

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"Hardly any aspect of life is more characteristic than its almost unlimited diversity." Ernst Mayr Our latest issue is a special focusing on #biodiversity with a wide range of reviews primers, essays on biodiversity and how to save it. (Most are free) 👇

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Meet the #nematode Diploscapter — millions of years without sex & entire #genome packed into a single chromosome

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#transcription elongation visualized live & in color in the #Drosophila embryo

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Our latest issue is out! And it’s special! Jam-packed with reviews, primers, quickguides on the #cytoskeleton 👇

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Congrats on 25 years of service to Geoffrey North, the man who made Current Biology & probably the longest serving editor in biology…

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The development & #evolution of #plant leaf shapes #plantsci

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Due to their vast numbers, #ants are a formidable force in #ecosystems around the globe. 🐜🐜🐜 For the rest of life, this means living with, from or in spite of ants. @DanielKronauer & @Pselaphinae explore how ants shape #biodiversity 👇👇👇

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one gene — more than 200 color patterns in lady #beetles by @benprudhomme1 & colleagues #insects #evodevo

The Genomic Basis of Color Pattern Polymorphism in the Harlequin Ladybird

More than 200 distinct color forms have been described in natural populations of the harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis. Gautier et al. show that this variation is controlled by the transcription...

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All of Sydney Brenner's 'loose ends' columns are available here:

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Do blind cavefish dream of sunlit rivers? They have active visual brain centers... New by @AlexCarlKeene

Blind cavefish retain functional connectivity in the tectum despite loss of retinal input

Lloyd et al. apply functional brain imaging in multiple populations of cavefish to define changes in visual processing that accompanies the evolution of eye loss.

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In anticipation of her 100th birthday next month, a profile of Brenda Milner — neuroscientist and psychologist (and survivor of the 1918 flu pandemic) #neuroscience #psychology #WomenInSTEM

Brenda Milner and the origins of cognitive neuroscience

A profile of eminent psychologist and neuroscientist Brenda Milner, who will be 100 in July.

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Our latest issue is out! On the cover — what else? — a preying mantis wearing 3D glasses... #insects #vision_

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Let's hear from 21 amazing women in #biology , starting with a grande dame of #popgen Tomoko Ohta #WomenInScience #WomenInScienceDay

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Our latest issue is out. On the cover #microtubule centering in nucleated cell shapes

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on the cover of our latest issue: octopus on his way home. 🐙🧠 for more on the cephalopod brain👇

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@OdedRechavi Current Biology editor sending out invitations to review...

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The tweets of @realDonaldTrump , a case study in #circadian #biology #Trump

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#Lockdown extreme: naked molerats are so adapted to high CO2 in their nests that fresh air gives them seizures; they have lowered GABAergic inhibition in their brains to conserve energy, because they need less inhibition in their high CO2 environment

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PI trying to reanimate an abandoned project? (w apologies to @OdedRechavi )

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How it started: 30 yrs ago, a geeky new kid on the block of science journals, from the grungy molecular biology of the early 90s to All of biology! We are immensely🙏🙏🙏to all our authors, reviewers & readers for their hard work & trust. You keep the Current flowing!🧪🪰🌱🦠🦜🧠

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So you think you can dance? But can you interpret and decode a dance? here's how #bees do it🐝🐝🐝 by Barbara Webb & Anna Hadjitofi

Dynamic antennal positioning allows honeybee followers to decode the dance

On a vertical comb in a dark nest, bees perform the waggle dance to signal a flight vector to food, informing the direction and distance from the hive. Hadjitofi and Webb show how a neural circuit in...

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We rarely post content from @nature 😉, but here we make an exception! A wonderful & rare job opening for an editor at Current Biology!!! Do you love #biology but not necessarily doing biology? Consider joining our team!

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Our latest issue is out! On the cover, asexual organs of Marchantia🌱🌸 And inside a vibrant mix from pterosaurs, via DNA in the dirt to bird-eating tortoises. Check it out!👇

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Ernst #Haeckel died 100 years ago. He was Darwin's biggest champion & created images of enduring beauty. Two pieces in this issue reflect on his (sometimes controversial) legacy in #biology & #art .

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Happy #DNAday ! Here's the "most important discovery" described by Francis Crick in a brilliant letter to his son. via @LettersOfNote #DNADay18

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How do cells know how big they are and how big they should be? a primer by Nicholas Rhind

Cell-size control

Nicholas Rhind introduces the field of cell-size control, discussing recent progress in our understanding of how cells maintain size homeostasis, as well as highlighting some of the questions yet to...

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The #butterfly (Papilionoidea) #TreeofLife #evolution #phylogeny

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There are more arthropod #species than all other species combined. @ggiribet & Greg Edgecombe @NHM_London describe the #evolution and #phylogeny relationships of #arthropods in this free review

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The mathematical beauty of #plants is particularly obvious in the arrangement of #leaves — a primer on #phyllotaxis

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timed #phylogenetic tree suggests that at one point all #mammals were nocturnal #evolution

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Hearing the sounds of bats past. Fernando Montealegre-Z & team have managed to reconstruct the hearing abilities of a 44-million year old katydid. Its ears were attuned to ultrasound so they could hear 🦇🦇🦇

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An inordinate fondness for #protists ... Book review by @WallaceUcsf celebrating the diversity of single-celled #eukaryotes

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This is a raison d'être of our journal: helping you find what you weren't looking for!

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Why I still visit physical bookstores. I can find anything I'm looking for on Amazon. Bookstores are where I find what I wasn't looking for.

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Predictable (but not boring) #evolution : rove #beetles evolved into #ant mimics over & over & over @Pselaphinae

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On the cover is Mallomonas tonsurata a unicellular alga, with an intricate nanoscale armor. #cellevo (Image: Naoji Yubuki and Brian Leander)

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from an interest in "soccer, bikes, skateboards, and generally messing around in the neighborhood" to studying three-way symbioses — the journey of @mcsymbiont in this Q&A

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#Drosophila never cease to amaze! Experiments in death valley revealed that they can fly 15km in a day and sue a sun compass... #navigation #animalbehavior

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Our latest issue is out! It’s a special! Living in microbial world, packed with reviews, primers & more focussing on #microbiology .

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@OdedRechavi @Twitter @verified join the #unverified club. It's much cooler... (we've also tried and failed, time and again)

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quarreling as we can be at times, #humans are also an extraordinarily cooperative species @jbsilk1 & @corenapicella introduce the #evolution of human cooperation in this free primer from our #conflictandcooperation special

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First canine teeth, then venom & finally mimicry evolved in these blennies #fish #evolution

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plant galls provide safe havens where #insect larvae can develop at the expense of the host plant — but the insects are also kind of trapped in there. A #parasite plant takes advantage of this immobility. #evolution

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Michael Ashburner — father figure of modern #Drosophila genetics & genomics — remembered by Gerry Rubin. @HHMIJanelia

Michael Ashburner (1942–2023)

Gerry Rubin remembers Michael Ashburner, one of the fathers of contemporary Drosophila genetics and genomics.

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@OdedRechavi @eLife @mbeisen Photowise, at least, we win 😊

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#genes of #Neanderthal and Denisovan archaic hominins helped modern #humans adapt outside Africa #evolution #genome

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#snowball gets a review from the dance critic in @guardian "Five stars for novelty... But I think we’d all like to see a better synthesis of material and a greater development of choreographic ideas". some constructive criticism for our feathered friend.

Block-rocking beaks: Snowball the cockatoo – reviewed by our dance critic

The frugging feathered friend may look like a pogoing punk, but he has no fewer than 16 moves – including a moshpit-ready headbang

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How it started... How it's going... (our latest issue is out! )

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Cover of our latest issue: fungal phylogenomics

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How the ultrafast snapping of snapping #shrimp evolved #evolution #biomechanics

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Lichen are amazing life forms that can even thrive in outer space. Lichen biology is also reaching for new frontiers as discussed in this recent review in CB

The coming golden age for lichen biology

Ubiquitous, yet still mysterious, lichens have seen increasing attention in recent years. In this Essay, Scharnagl et al. discuss recent advances in lichen biology, and the potential for a golden age...

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Around 2012, the lichen 'Xanthoria elegans' (commonly known as the Elegant Sunburst Lichen!) was attached to exterior of the International Space Station for 18 months AND SURVIVED! With no water, no air, extreme temperatures and constant bombardment with radiation!

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two new papers by Luisa Vasconcelos @Neuro_CF & @BarryJDickson on the role of the ovipositor in Drosophila courtship and copulation — it's complicated!

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Pick a journal that can do it all (& more) #dollypartonchallenge

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review by @RuthDGates & co is a reminder that to save #coralreefs we need to understand basic #coral biology

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Identified: a gene that makes #snails coil right (instead of left) #evolution

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Weevil pollinates orchid to have fruit for its offspring to eat. Parsitoid wasps kills weevil offspring, effectively turning the fruit-eating pest into a useful pollinator. #nature works in fabulous ways

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rove beetles: largest family of the largest order of the largest class of the largest phylum of the largest kingdom

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How #actin affects #microtubule dynamics depends on whether the actin network is branched or not — by @Lblanchoin & colleagues #cellbio #cytoskeleton …

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How the diversity of #flowers evolved. Free review by @Beverley_CUBG & @Edwige_M #evolution #plantscience

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A cool new study shows that internet memes can raise awareness & interest in "unappealing species" — now lets see if we can raise interest for these guys — naked mole rats, the only eusocial mammal with lots of super interesting biology (photo Emily Vice)

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one of the fastest-evolving #genes in the human #genome codes for a receptor binding #pathogens — evidence for an arms-race between #bacteria and #humans #evolution

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Festive #nudibranchs adorn the cover of our last 2019 issue. Drawn by Ernst Haeckel. Happy holidays & happy #MolluskMonday

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Our last cover for this year: the big mouth (of a bottlenose #dolphin ) Thank you for all your support and interest & happy holidays!

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eat or #sleep ? You can't have both. If you're hungry you sleep less. A set of neurons in the hypothalamus, mediates this switch #neuroscience

Hypothalamic Neurons that Regulate Feeding Can Influence Sleep/Wake States Based on Homeostatic Need

Eating and sleeping represent two mutually exclusive behaviors that satisfy distinct homeostatic needs. We tested the hypothesis that hypothalamic arcuate nucleus neurons that regulate feeding also...

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Some nice special issue reading for the weekend - all you every wanted to know about pollination by sexual deception

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Our latest fishue is out! 🐟🐟🎣

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Our latest issue is out! 🐬🐬🐬🐬 On the cover bottlenose dolphins & their social lives

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The early digger gets the bigger burrow. New #evolution of #behavior study on deer mice by @hopihoekstra & colleagues

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From our cover, genetics of morphological phenotypes in goldfish

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Our special issue is out! Reviews, primers, quickguides &more focussed on #plant #development #plantscience #botany

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Why do we and our relatives at large have a tubular central nervous system? @adameykolab reviews current hypotheses on the origin and #evolution of the neural tube.

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when #bees learn new floral odors, the touch of another bee is the reward that promotes learning #behaviour #honeybees

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The ABC of #flower development by Vivian Irish #plantsci

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Here's a link to the paper: Spontaneity and diversity of movement to music are not uniquely human

Ed Yong is not here

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Remember Snowball the dancing parrot? He's back, with more moves! And his antics could tell us something important about why humans dance, and why most other animals do not.

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How stochasticity might contribute to individuality in #behavior , new primer by @debivort & co

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#eyes evolved over and over in jellyfish (at least eight times) #evolution #phylogeny

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in male flies, red light was used to activate #neurons associated with the reward of ejaculation. Flies came under the red light a lot. #optogenetics #sex

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Breaking: flies really into smelling each other's 'deposits' — as revealed by brain imaging in freely behaving animals #Drosophila #neuroscience #behavior

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Out now! Triple whammy of #Drosophila #connectomics 1 hygro-and thermosensory systems by @gsxej & colleagues