The battle between ant hosts and their social parasites is strongly influenced by climate. Temperature and humidity shape how the ants behave, communicate, and even evolve – while host and parasite respond with very different genetic strategies. These are the findings of two recent studies in which researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre combined behavioral experiments with state-of-the-art genomic analyses.

A new study published in Chinese Neurosurgical Journal by researchers in Nepal and Turkey reveals how social media has become a powerful force reshaping neurosurgical practice worldwide. Platforms like Neurosurgery Cocktail now facilitate real-time case consultation, global mentorship, academic collaboration, and rapid knowledge exchange. The findings highlight both the transformative potential and the challenges of digital engagement in modern neurosurgery.

This study introduces a novel nonlinguistic oddball paradigm based on click trains and demonstrates its effectiveness for probing hierarchical temporal processing across species. By bridging macroscopic EEG with mesoscopic ECoG and microscopic single-unit recordings, the work reveals that the auditory system can concurrently track multiple temporal scales and that A1 exhibits superior capacity relative to the MGB for processing complex temporal structures over longer timescales.