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Millisecond Acetylcholine Timing Splits Dopamine’s Roles in Learning and Movement

A rat study in Nature Neuroscience points to a millisecond gating mechanism that could steer new work on Parkinson’s.

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Honey Bee Waggle Dance Precision Depends on the Audience, Experiments Show

Serial Mouse Cloning Fails at 58th Generation, Study Finds

Rapid Flower Evolution, Not Size, Drives Cactus Diversification

Horses Whinny by Combining Vocal-Fold Vibration With a Laryngeal Whistle

Haolong dongi Fossil Reveals Cellular-Level Skin and Unique Cornified Spikes

Rice Scientists Publish CLASSIC to Massively Expand DNA Circuit Design and Testing

Sparser Tongue Hairs Leave Queen Bumblebees Worse at Nectar Gathering, PNAS Study Finds

Study Finds Smooth Wings Outperform Corrugation for Grasshopper-Inspired Robot Gliders

Genomic Study Splits Mites and Ticks Into Two Independent Lineages

Bumblebees Can Tell Short From Long Flashes, Guiding Foraging Choices

BRAIN Initiative Team Releases First Cross-Species Developmental Brain Cell Atlases

Ion Channel DmMSL10 Identified as Venus Flytrap’s Hair-Trigger Touch Sensor

Ancient Armoured Fish Push Tooth Replacement Origins Back 380 Million Years

Study Finds Rodent Thumbnails Are Widespread and Ancient

Studies Reveal Fly Embryo Fold Acts as a Mechanical Shock Absorber

Single-Gene Switch Rewires Fruit Fly Brains to Transfer Gift-Giving Courtship

Study Identifies Sex Reversal in Up to 6% of Wild Australian Birds

Moths Detect Ultrasonic Distress Calls to Avoid Dehydrated Tomato Plants

Researchers Uncover Intestinal Cells That Fully Digest Python Prey Skeletons