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<p>Scientists have identified the protein that helps poison dart frogs safely accumulate their namesake toxins.</p>

Computed tomography data reveal large and adult-looking inner ears in very young individuals of the long-necked dinosaur Europasaurus holgeri suggesting precociality in this dwarfed island dweller from the Late Jurassic of Germany.

While selective abortion of female fetuses is documented within China and India, it is also significant among Asian diaspora in Canada, US, UK and Australia, particularly among Indian diaspora for second or third births following earlier girl birth(s).

Small changes to the way COVID-19 vaccine side-effect rates are framed and communicated have meaningful impacts on individuals' vaccination intentions.

Human sensorimotor learning is associated with changes in the structure of cognitive and motor functional brain networks, and reconfiguration processes occurring in these networks are associated with distinct patterns of subject learning and relearning.

Retinoic acid signaling from Muller glia is necessary for cone photoreceptor survival in the peripheral retina and is sufficient to promote cone survival in the central retina during retinal degeneration.

Genome sequencing analysis dissects the origins and evolution of cancer transmission between clam species in the Seas of Southern Europe.

Ephemeral leadership between differently experienced birds regulates the balance between exploration and exploitation over successive homing flights in a manner that facilitates the accumulation of route innovations.

Reviewer In the interests of transparency, eLife publishes the most substantive revision requests and the accompanying author responses. Acceptance summary: This study presents a creative and interdisciplinary approach to a long-standing historical question: the location of Punt, an ancient kingdom with a vast trading network. The authors seamlessly integrate archaeological findings and historical texts with their analyses of oxygen and strontium isotope mapping to trace the geographical origin...