Meet a scientist tracking invasive reptiles, and even their parasites

An insider's look at Florida’s war on invaders: the giant snakes, egg-eating predators and parasites spreading through the ...
PNAS

Prediction, dynamics, and visualization of antigenic phenotypes of seasonal influenza viruses

Contributed by Boris I. Shraiman, January 6, 2016 (sent for review September 29, 2015; reviewed by Daniel S. Fisher and Katia Koelle) Humans mount an antibody-mediated immune response against ...
Frontiers

HAPPE: A Tool for Population Haplotype Analysis and Visualization in Editable Excel Tables

Haplotype identification, characterization and visualization are important for large-scale analysis and use in population genomics. Many tools have been developed to visualize haplotypes, but it is ...
PNAS

A genomic and historical synthesis of plague in 18th century Eurasia

The spread and evolution of plague have been under debate in the past few years. However, very little is known of the dynamics of the plague pathogen, Yersinia pestis, during the last phase of the ...
Wilson Center

Black Skin in the Red Land: African Americans and the Soviet Experiment

During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Russia’s reputation of intolerance and even violence toward people of color made international headlines. Many commentators questioned the safety of the dozens of ...
VN Express

Red cotton trees in full bloom across northern Vietnam

The sight of these red flowers signals the end of cold days and the start of summer. If you're hoping your north Vietnam experience goes beyond the hustle and bustle of Hanoi and the touristy Ha Long ...