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Traumatic Brain Injury The very vulnerable cerebellum Orla M. Smith RNA Biochemisty Chemical modification of RNA for function Guy Riddihough Organic Chemistry Opening one ring to tack on another Jake Yeston Applied Optics Tunable lasers Ian S. Osborne Neuroscience Connected astrocytes coordinate seizures Wei Wong Lunar Atmosphere The Moon's time-variable exosphere Keith T. Smith Paleoanthropology Earliest human Arctic occupation Andrew M. Sugden Muscle Physiology Another micropeptide flexes its muscle Paula A. Kiberstis Gene Regulation Reactivating the fetal globin gene Beverly A. Purnell Viral Immunity Microbial villages shape viral infections Kristen L. Mueller Comparative Genetics Identifying the IRESs of humans and viruses Laura M. Zahn Organic Chemistry Amino acids can lend palladium a hand Jake Yeston Astronomy The most luminous supernova to date Keith T. Smith Phytoplankton Using solar energy suboptimally H. Jesse Smith Neural Circuits Fixation on learned syllables Pamela J. Hines Metabolism How to shape mitochondrial networks L. Bryan Ray Infectious Diseases One disease does not a pathogen make Julia Fahrenkamp-Uppenbrink