eLife Science Digests

Cutting jargon and putting research in context, digests showcase some of the latest articles published in eLife.

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  1. Balancing social risks

    Individual needs and social context can shape risk-taking behaviour in animals.

  2. Tracking pesticide resistance

    Pesticide resistance in the global super pest, the spider mite Tetranychus urticae, arises through identical mutations in multiple genetic pathways that appear independently in multiple populations.

  3. Painkiller exercise

    High-intensity exercise relieves pain more than low-intensity activity – but only in males with high fitness levels.

  4. Smelling for survival

    Caterpillars of the large cabbage white butterfly use olfactory information to avoid natural enemies and to find their host plants.

  5. Caring is sharing

    Skin contact during parental care can influence the skin microbiome of poison frog tadpoles.

  6. The danger of short p53 proteins

    Some truncated forms of p53 promote cancer by aggregating with full-length versions of the protein and sequestering them in to clumps.

  7. Following the scent

    A new algorithm reveals how animals may use short-term memory of odor cues to navigate.

  8. Streamlining experimental setups

    A new software tool called Heron helps researchers to design and run complex experimental systems without needing in-depth technical expertise.
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