Highlighting important data in complex plots can be challenging, but gghighlight makes it simple. This ggplot2 extension in R allows you to focus on specific subsets of your data while keeping the context of the full data set, creating clear and impactful visualizations. The

Conference on Models in Population Dynamics, Ecology, and Evolution (MPDEE’25) @ BCAM, Bilbao Submit your contributions by 15th of December! 5 May 2025 – 9 May 2025 bcamath.org/events/mpdee25…

Several faculty of Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc have put together an online course on Fundamentals of Ecology, to be offerred via NPTEL platform from Jan 2025. Check here for more details: onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_ge14/pre…

Applications now open for the 2025 International Travel Stipends to attend #Evol2025! Funds cover registration, travel, food, and lodging. Can also be used to attend #ESEB2025! Apply by January 31: buff.ly/3ZEWUqe @evol_mtg ESEB2025

Researchers challenged longhorn crazy ants and humans with the same task: maneuvering a T-shaped object through two consecutive open doorways. Single humans always outperformed single ants, but ant groups could beat human groups. In PNAS: ow.ly/5vat50UwZAo

With 2024 nearly behind us, it’s a great time to reflect on how the Indian markets and economy have fared this year. A🧵👇

Last week—on 26th December, India lost one of its greatest modern leaders: Dr. Manmohan Singh. You’ve probably heard a lot about Dr. Singh in the past few days. He was a towering figure in public life for decades, and his work drew both admiration and criticism. But even with

Summer Research Fellowship by JNCASR Bangalore Internship opportunities in Life Science,Chemical Science , Chemical Biology, Physical Science, Materials Science and Engg Science. Open for UG/PG students. Details at jncasr.ac.in/academic/fande… Apply by 10th February 2025

Congratulations, Sandesh Papade!

Martin Wolf: An economically dynamic India is Manmohan Singh’s greatest legacy on.ft.com/4fMOfHg

74% of all known microbial species remain unstudied biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

If you are interested in biomechanics and / or behaviour, this is an excellent opportunity. jncasr.ac.in/faculty/anandk… Amitabh Joshi T.N.C. Vidya Sudipta Tung Shraddha Karve Himender Bharti Yashraj Chavhan Raghavendra Gadagkar Subhash Rajpurohit

A new resource rating >50,000 foods from 3 grocery stores (Walmart, Target, Whole Foods Market) for degree of processing and breakdown of ingredients Thanks to Giulia Menichetti Babak Ravandi BarabasiLab and colleagues nature.com/articles/s4301…

Out today! In this article I talk about evolutionary novelties in bacteria and argue for the crucial role of environment in their emergence and detection. Andreas Wagner Amitabh Joshi Raghavendra Gadagkar Sutirth Dey Yashraj Chavhan Alvaro Sanchez Lab …icro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

Earth is 4.5 billion years old If you scaled that down to 45 years, humans have been on the planet for only about 4 hours, and civilization as we know it has existed for the last minute

"We have a second brain within our tummies that have more nerves than in our spinal cord. The gut-brain axis is a two-way-street communication between what’s going on in our bellies and what’s going on in our brains." John F. Cryan Vidita Vaidya

Join us for an exciting public talk by Prof. Ashoke Sen, one of the most influential theoretical physicists of our time, as he unravels the fascinating ways string theory manifests across physics. 📅 April 7, 2025 🕔 5:00 PM 📍 Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR, Colaba Open to all.

My former mentor and her journey into rare disease research.

This is wild! Engineering E. coli bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol (Tylenol) Nature Chemistry nature.com/articles/s4155… nature.com/articles/s4155…