Snippets are short 1-2-paragraph summaries of papers that caught our eye. They aim to be digestible highlights of a recent discovery, and why we think you should know about it.
Twin modelling reveals partly distinct genetic pathways to music enjoyment
A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia
Re-engineering of acetyl coenzyme A metabolism prevents senescence in budding yeast
Microbial ecosystems and ecological driving forces in the deepest ocean sediments
De novo designed proteins neutralize lethal snake venom toxins
A plant virus manipulates both its host plant and the insect that facilitates its transmission
Hierarchical representations of relative numerical magnitudes in the human frontoparietal cortex
Single-cell data reveal heterogeneity of investment in ribosomes across a bacterial population
Bat genomes illuminate adaptations to viral tolerance and disease resistance