Contributed by Qijing Zhang; received August 5, 2024; accepted October 14, 2024; reviewed by Xian-Zhi Li and Christine M. Szymanski This contribution is part of the special series of Inaugural ...

Culture is a powerful force that touches all aspects of human life, from health and reproduction to food and clothing technology, in every known human population around the world. Human cultural ...

Research to create a more sustainable, equitable world. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are a universal call-to-action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity for ...

Edited by Eva Andrei, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ; received March 14, 2024; accepted August 13, 2024 Part of the challenge in pinpointing the dominant origin of RTN is ...

As loss of biodiversity and ecosystem degradation become major concerns worldwide, scientists increasingly depend on DNA-based characterization of animal communities for monitoring and impact ...

Edited by Mark Thiemens, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA; received August 9, 2024; accepted October 28, 2024 ...

The scientific innovation enterprise supporting United States research and development (R&D) has undergone a significant shift in institutional alignment over the past 20 years. This shift has seen ...

Edited by Éva Kondorosi, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary; received March 26, 2024; accepted October 7, 2024 ...

Isoprene, an aerosol and ozone precursor, is mainly emitted by plants, particularly trees. Hui Wang et al. measured isoprene emissions from sedges, a class of herbaceous plants found in both natural ...

Kevin Hockett is an avid sourdough baker. As a microbial ecologist at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, he knows that each of his perfectly risen loaves is, in large part, the result ...

Artist’s reconstruction: During the Early Cretaceous Period in northeastern China, a parent Psittacosaurus cares for nestlings in a burrow and senses the presence of a predatory mammal, Repenomamus.

Contributed by Denis Duboule; received July 24, 2024; accepted October 12, 2024; reviewed by Terence D. Capellini and René Rezsohazy ...