French research: Salomon speaks out (unpublished)

MicroRNAs: Loquacious Speaks out

In Drosophila, Dicer-2 requires the double-stranded RNA binding protein R2D2, to mediate the assembly of short interfering RNAs into the RNA-induced silencing complex. New data show that Dicer-1 also requires a double-stranded RNA binding protein called Loquacious for efficient microRNA-mediated gene silencing.

Human Evolution: Neandertal Gene Speaks out

An analysis of Neandertal DNA indicates that they shared with living humans a form of the FOXP2 gene, the absence of which impairs speech and cognitive processing related to human language.

Political prisoner speaks out on military dictatorship in Burma

M o re t h a n 4 , 7 0 0 n e w a n d slightly used coats for people in n ee d of w in te r c lo th in g w e r e donated la s t s e m e s te r to se t a re c o rd in th e s e v e n th a n n u a l Project W arm th campaign, con­ ducted Oct. 28 to Dec. 6. C o m p e t i t i o n to c o l l e c t t h e coats was strong between some residence halls. Zahm Hall won with 898 coats with nearly four p e r ...

Meteoritics. A meteoriticist speaks out, his rocks remain mute.

Out of sight but not out of mind: how to search for unpublished clinical trial evidence.

Systematic reviews of randomised trials play a key role in guiding patient care and health policy. Their validity depends to a large extent on reviewers’ ability to retrieve relevant information from all existing trials. Unfortunately, about half of clinical trials remain unpublished after receiving ethics approval—particularly those with statistically non-significant findings. Even when publis...