This quick reference guide for researchers addresses common misconceptions in the use of covariates in observational research and offers tips for preventing misstatements and mistakes.

It has been more than a year since eLife has embraced its new publishing model. As part of this new model, Reviewed Preprints ...

A study has detailed a new method of determining vocal styles in sperm whales and provides evidence supporting social learning between neighbouring clans.

One is a Touretter who advocated for patients in research projects, the other, an academic studying the condition. Two ...

A study has detailed a new method of determining vocal styles in sperm whales and provides evidence supporting social learning between neighbouring clans.

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Empirical experiments and computational modeling reveal a stochastic world model on gravity for stability inference that represents gravity’s vertical direction as a Gaussian distribution.

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Alpha-synuclein binding to the synapsin E-domain is essential and sufficient for their cooperation in attenuating synaptic-vesicle trafficking and neurotransmission.

In vertebrates, these two distinct processes are controlled by the gonadotropins follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), respectively. While it was suggested that a common ...

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Our ability to recall details from a remembered image depends on a single mechanism that is engaged from the very moment the image disappears from view.