There's a considerable pile of Christmas presents in the December issue
of PLoS Biology, all freely available. The PLoS commissions Synopses
that explain research papers in English, hence there is more than one
title for some topics.
http://www.plosbiology.org/plosonline/?request=get-toc&issn=1545-7885Mathematics Is Biology's Next Microscope, Only Better; Biology Is
Mathematics' Next Physics, Only Better
The coming revolution in mathematical biology.
Are Animals As Irrational As Humans?
State-Dependent Decisions Cause Apparent Violations of Rationality in
Animal Choice
An explanation of irrational economic behavior in animals.
Genes, Genomes, and the Road to Diversity: How Regulatory Networks Evolve
Conservation and Evolution of Cis-Regulatory Systems in Ascomycete Fungi
A comparative study of cis regulatory elements in fungi.
Using Biology to Create Complex Patterns
The Emergence of Complexity: Lessons from DNA
Algorithmic Self-Assembly of DNA Sierpinski Triangles
How to program DNA to self-assemble Sierpinski triangles.
Ecology's Big, Hot Idea
How allometric scaling laws have become metabolic ecology.
The What and Why of Research on Reinforcement
The Genetics of Speciation by Reinforcement
Quantification of reinforcement speciation in Drosophila.
Regional Societies: Fostering Competitive Research Through Virtual
Infrastructures
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