In 2013, a vaccine policy inadvertently launched a massive natural experiment that would offer new clues about the roots of ...

AI tools offer researchers real benefits, including literature reviews, data analysis, and even drafting articles. A more troubling use of this technology, however, is becoming widespread. Researchers ...

Pseudo-colored amoebae explore the openings of two-micrometer channels. Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a well-known psychedelic drug. Although it holds promise as a potential treatment for some ...

Honey bee stingers detach from the bee and continue to penetrate tissue while autonomously pumping venom. Yet the underlying mechanics have remained poorly understood. Using high-speed videography, ...

For two and a half centuries, scientific discovery has shaped the American story. It has broadened our understanding of the natural world, improved national security, and uncovered new frontiers—from ...

Institutional legitimacy is essential for democracies, yet public trust and confidence in the United States Congress are at an all-time low. A significant predictor of attitudes toward Congress is ...

Edited by Anthony Leggett, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; received October 25, 2024; accepted December 4, 2024 ...

Dunnett et al. (1) conclude that current and predicted priority areas for wind and solar energy development (renewable energy areas, REA) overlap minimally with important conservation areas (PA) in ...

The biological carbon pump (BCP) stores ∼1,700 Pg C from the atmosphere in the ocean interior, but the magnitude and direction of future changes in carbon sequestration by the BCP are uncertain. We ...

QnAs with Hugo J. Bellen We found that a key gene in flies is required for lipid droplet formation, APOD, and the human homolog, APOE, can substitute in fruit flies for the loss of APOD. However, the ...

Levy and Calvert (19) build on the earlier literature by focusing primarily on the relative power committed to different modes of information processing in the human brain, rather than on different ...

The Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia) is native to Asia (Fig. 1 A), where it is a predator of arthropods, including honey bees (1). Attacks by V. mandarinia on beehives involve pheromone marking ...