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A recent study in Cell Systems sheds light on how skin cancer cells develop resistance to vemurafenib, a BRAF inhibitor that targets melanoma

8 days ago pnas.org cancer

Scientists engineered bacteria to grow glass coatings, turning them into tiny lenses

6 days ago pnas.org

Recent projections suggest that large geographical areas will soon experience heat and humidity exceeding limits for human thermoregulation - The study found humans struggle to thermoregulate at wet bulb temperatures above 26–31 °C, significantly below the commonly cited 35 °C threshold.

47 hours ago pnas.org health

Most Christian American religious leaders silently believe in climate change - Nearly 90% of U.S

21 days ago pnas.org psychology

Elevated extinction risk in over one-fifth of native North American pollinators - A total of 1,579 species from the best-studied vertebrate and insect pollinator groups face an elevated risk of extinction.

23 days ago pnas.org environment

Richer Swedes are getting healthier more quickly

10 days ago pnas.org

Cognition explain why we dramatically overestimate the size of minority groups

23 days ago pnas.org

Study found the climate crisis has tripled the length of ocean heatwaves, supercharging deadly storms and destroying critical ecosystems such as kelp forests and coral reefs.Half of the marine heatwaves since 2000 would not have happened without global warming.

9 days ago pnas.org environment

The eukaryotic cell emerged as an evolutionary algorithmic phase transition

24 days ago pnas.org biology

We find no evidence of an increasing trend in critical reporting of the police over the past decade.

38 days ago pnas.org

The tendency to view men as default "people" is well documented

43 days ago pnas.org anthropology

US grass-fed beef is as carbon intensive as industrial beef and ≈10-fold more intensive than common protein-dense alternatives | PNAS

37 days ago pnas.org environment

Ketones Reverse Brain Aging During Midlife Critical Window

27 days ago pnas.org brain

Recent studies reveal that microphone quality in videoconferences can significantly influence social judgments, affecting perceptions of intelligence, hireability, credibility, and desirability, potentially contributing to unintentional bias linked to socioeconomic status.

30 days ago pnas.org

Detailed map reveals essential genes in malaria parasite

51 days ago pnas.org biology malaria

New insights into the structure of some of the oldest lineages for foraminifera may open the door to unlocking temperature records much further back in time.

52 days ago pnas.org paleontology

Ancient ocean coastal deposits imaged on Mars

44 days ago pnas.org

We thought that when sea level dropped during the glacial maximum, the Red Sea became hyper-saline, and everything died

57 days ago pnas.org geology

A new study in mice maps the brain regions that turn off instinctive fears

2 months ago pnas.org brain neuroscience

People prefer meat alternatives if they are significantly cheaper than real meat, study shows

2 months ago pnas.org

A new study finds that replacing masculine-coded words in job ads increases applications from women and men who do not fit traditional masculine norms.

2 months ago pnas.org

Mysterious nuclear speckles could unlock new answers in kidney cancer

2 months ago pnas.org cancer

Clumps of protein inside brain cells that characterize Alzheimer’s disease could emerge as an immune response against the herpes virus

3 months ago pnas.org biology brain disease

When kids focus on challenges in short spurts, they build “cognitive endurance”

3 months ago pnas.org psychology

Melting ice in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of the Rocky Mountains exposes an ancient, mature stand of whitebark pine from the Holocene, 180 m in elevation above the modern treeline

2 months ago pnas.org environment

A new study finds lead pollution likely caused widespread IQ declines in ancient Rome

3 months ago pnas.org anthropology

A new study has found that male orb-weaver spiders detect female pheromones using tiny pores (sensilla) on their legs.

3 months ago pnas.org

People who share experiences of racism online are likely to have their content removed by both human moderators and algorithms

3 months ago pnas.org algorithm

Scientists have found fluorescent laser imaging can return 1200-year-old tattoos—in this case, etched into the mummified skin of ancient Peruvian people—to their original, highly intricate glory.