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Through experiments, Dr. Soo-Chen Cheng, Distinguished Research Fellow of Institute of Molecular Biology at Academia Sinica, and her team identified “the film editors of RNA splicing" within organisms. A more accurate analogy for their role is that of “mediators” who orchestrate the entire process. Photo │ Yu-Chen Chang

The Film Editors Inside Our Cells! Dr. Soo-Chen Cheng’s Research on RNA Splicing

The best editing is as seamless as a blink of an eye.

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Oh, Humor—Are You… A Murderer of Marriage?

Humor in marriage can be both a blessing—and a bombshell.

In the drama The Story of Minglan, the heroine gives birth standing up, gripping a wooden bar and enduring the pain. The scene moved many viewers — but also left them wondering: isn’t childbirth usually done lying in bed? Image from The Story of Minglan

How Women in Ancient China Gave Birth: Squatting on Straw and the Art of Gentle Midwifery

How women’s medicine in China shaped the journey of pregnancy

Holding a fungal culture and a LEGO-like model of okaramine, Dr. Hsiao-Ching Lin showcases the tools unlocking the secrets of natural insecticide production by fungi. Photo│Chang Yu-Chen

Nature’s Tiny LEGO Builders: How Fungi Assemble Complex “Battleship” Molecules

Fungal LEGO: Freestyle Mode

Emperor Qianlong’s edict of abdication showed that he still hoped to control the regime. Image from Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica

Discovering How Qing Dynasty Emperors Thought Through Their Edicts

Understanding Qing emperors through their edicts

Sukiyaki is a type of Japanese hot pot featuring beef, tofu and vegetables. Photo from iStock

Time Travel! Back to Taiwan’s Banquets during Late Qing Dynasty and Japanese Colonial Period

Why is “food history research” important?

It is rumored on the Internet that Chinese could be ‘the hardest language to learn.’ But is it true? Image | Research for You

The Most Difficult Language in the World? An Exclusive Interview with Linguist Jo-Wang Lin

Why research into linguistics?

Struggling and competing for peer status is not only prevalent in the workplace, it is also very much a reality on school campuses. Source | iStock

Stand Up to Bullying by Developing Courage to be Disliked

Understanding teenage bullying from a sociological perspective

Dr. Lowary reminds young scientists that a successful scientist is not necessarily smarter than others; they may simply have more patience, don’t fear for failure, and is willing to try again and again. Image | Research For You.

Biochemical Dance of Life: Dr. Todd Lowary on Carbohydrate Chemistry, a Challenging and Rewarding Field of Science

Nature utilizes subtle changes in carbohydrate structures to adjust how cells interact with the external world.