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Are our memories formed by an ancient virus?

What drives neurons to connect to form memory networks? Elissa Pastuzyn looks at the amazing Arc protein, and a newly discovery method of neuron-to-neuron communication

'I push people to apply the scientific method to crazy questions'

Biohacker Andrew Pelling on his lab's unconventional approach

Focus on: Image Manipulation

Researchers editing images inappropriately remains a stubborn problem in the biosciences

Crazy horses

Who's the daddy? The unusual world of seahorse sex

How to…Beachcomb

Photographers and naturalists Julie Hatcher and Steve Trewhella explain the basics of beachcombing, and how it contributes to conservation and research

Who was... Kathleen Carpenter?

Catherine Duigan explores the life and times of Dr Kathleen Carpenter, a pioneering scientist known as 'the mother of freshwater ecology'

Inside the killing jar

Adam Hart looks at the ethics of killing insects for science

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