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Historical slavery predicts contemporary disparities in mortality between Black and White Americans

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Rock in Earth's mantle flows like hot metal, and moves fastest under the edges of tectonic plates

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Cataplexy is a lesser-known symptom of narcolepsy

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A USAID project gave cash to 300 farms in Liberia and Malawi, then tracked how the money impacted those households over the next 2 years

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School shootings and the strategic contributions of gun policy PACs in US House elections

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Dendritic morphology and synaptic nonlinearities enhance functional complexity in human cortical neurons

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Industrial-scale illegal and unreported fishing accounts for an estimated 8–15% of global marine wild catch and supports an illicit seafood trade worth US$6.2–12.2 billion annually, with about two-thirds of its value originating in West Africa…

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Mercury accumulation on the Antarctic Peninsula shelf has risen 160% since industrialization, while warming-driven ice melt has increased terrestrial mercury release by 550% and mercury export to the open ocean by 400%, turning historical pollution into a renewed source.

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Arrests of non-citizens have spiked to unprecedented levels during the second Trump administration

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Rattlesnakes evolved proteins that block their own venom

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Tropical forests facing increasing risks of exposure to critical temp thresholds

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Bumblebees’ orofacial reactions to tastes provide evidence for affective evaluation

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β2-microglobulin inhibits Escherichia coli biofilm formation via selectively blocking curli assembly

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The first signs of human-induced ozone depletion appeared in 1957—30 years earlier than previously thought, an MIT simulation reveals

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Dendritic morphology and synaptic nonlinearities enhance functional complexity in human cortical neurons

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Life in Glaciers

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Analysis of nearly 9,000 body size changes spanning 450 million years finds warming events caused about twice the reduction in marine animal body size seen during other environmental crises, suggesting smaller marine animals could become increasingly common as the climate warms.

45 days ago pnas.org biology

Natural history on canvas: Brueghel knew about bird-eating noctule bats

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People prefer to negotiate with women, even when outcomes are identical and gender is unknown

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No life strategy guarantees survival when the environment changes, a 500-million-year study of coral evolution reveals

57 days ago pnas.org environment

Bird flu made the leap to cows in 2024

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Analysis of oxygen isotopes in shells collected by Neanderthals 115,000 years ago indicates that shellfish harvesting occurred year-round but was concentrated in late autumn, winter, and early spring, suggesting seasonal resource planning and risk-management strategies.

2 months ago pnas.org anthropology

New study shows how anti-CRISPR proteins help drug-resistance plasmids evade bacterial immunity in Klebsiella pneumoniae, driving hospital infections

2 months ago pnas.org genetics

AI-assisted teams outperform AI-led teams but not human-only teams in assessing research reproducibility in quantitative social science

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Large language models pass a standard three-party Turing test meaning that participants were no better (and in some cases worse) than chance at selecting between a human and a machine.

2 months ago pnas.org turing

Most Americans, whether on the right or left, claim to support freedom of speech

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Cousins of early humans may have evolved distinct styles of walking upright

3 months ago pnas.org anthropology

Orch-OR and recent discoveries in quantum biology

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Mitochondrial double-stranded RNA fuels pancreatic cancer growth via RIG-I/TLR3 inflammation

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Simpson's Gender-Equality Paradox

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Historical slavery predicts contemporary disparities in mortality between Black and White Americans

Rock in Earth's mantle flows like hot metal, and moves fastest under the edges of tectonic plates

Cataplexy is a lesser-known symptom of narcolepsy

A USAID project gave cash to 300 farms in Liberia and Malawi, then tracked how the money impacted those households over the next 2 years

School shootings and the strategic contributions of gun policy PACs in US House elections

Dendritic morphology and synaptic nonlinearities enhance functional complexity in human cortical neurons

Industrial-scale illegal and unreported fishing accounts for an estimated 8–15% of global marine wild catch and supports an illicit seafood trade worth US$6.2–12.2 billion annually, with about two-thirds of its value originating in West Africa…

Mercury accumulation on the Antarctic Peninsula shelf has risen 160% since industrialization, while warming-driven ice melt has increased terrestrial mercury release by 550% and mercury export to the open ocean by 400%, turning historical pollution into a renewed source.

Arrests of non-citizens have spiked to unprecedented levels during the second Trump administration

Rattlesnakes evolved proteins that block their own venom

Tropical forests facing increasing risks of exposure to critical temp thresholds

Bumblebees’ orofacial reactions to tastes provide evidence for affective evaluation

β2-microglobulin inhibits Escherichia coli biofilm formation via selectively blocking curli assembly

The first signs of human-induced ozone depletion appeared in 1957—30 years earlier than previously thought, an MIT simulation reveals

Dendritic morphology and synaptic nonlinearities enhance functional complexity in human cortical neurons

Life in Glaciers

Analysis of nearly 9,000 body size changes spanning 450 million years finds warming events caused about twice the reduction in marine animal body size seen during other environmental crises, suggesting smaller marine animals could become increasingly common as the climate warms.

Natural history on canvas: Brueghel knew about bird-eating noctule bats

People prefer to negotiate with women, even when outcomes are identical and gender is unknown

No life strategy guarantees survival when the environment changes, a 500-million-year study of coral evolution reveals

Bird flu made the leap to cows in 2024

Analysis of oxygen isotopes in shells collected by Neanderthals 115,000 years ago indicates that shellfish harvesting occurred year-round but was concentrated in late autumn, winter, and early spring, suggesting seasonal resource planning and risk-management strategies.

New study shows how anti-CRISPR proteins help drug-resistance plasmids evade bacterial immunity in Klebsiella pneumoniae, driving hospital infections

AI-assisted teams outperform AI-led teams but not human-only teams in assessing research reproducibility in quantitative social science

Large language models pass a standard three-party Turing test meaning that participants were no better (and in some cases worse) than chance at selecting between a human and a machine.

Most Americans, whether on the right or left, claim to support freedom of speech

Cousins of early humans may have evolved distinct styles of walking upright

Orch-OR and recent discoveries in quantum biology

Mitochondrial double-stranded RNA fuels pancreatic cancer growth via RIG-I/TLR3 inflammation

Simpson's Gender-Equality Paradox