John Brauman was a scientific icon who maintained his working-class sensibilities—a true giant who had a profoundly positive impact on the organic and physical chemistry students who came through ...

The authors note that, due to a production error, the affiliation for Maeghan Brass appeared incorrectly and should instead appear as: Water Center, University of Michigan, Host of the National ...

Crown-of-thorns sea stars eat coral and, during episodic population outbreaks, cause extensive losses in coral reefs. The sea stars’ unexplained boom-and-bust population cycles may partly be ...

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world will not reach net zero emissions unless we find a way to capture and inject enormous quantities of carbon dioxide underground. To ...

Contributed by John P. Perdew; received September 12, 2024; accepted January 23, 2025; reviewed by Filipp Furche, Robert O. Jones, and Hannes Jonsson ...

Contributed by Richard P. Lifton; received October 3, 2024; accepted January 14, 2025; reviewed by David Altshuler and Sekar Kathiresan ...

Rau et al., present provocative findings regarding the association between national income inequality and democratic erosion (1). The finding that only three variables predict democratic erosion is ...

The El Gigante rockshelter in western Honduras was found to contain preserved avocado remains as old as 11,000 years. Avocados (Persea americana Mill.) are an increasingly important cash crop, but ...

Ants are among the rare organisms to have extended reproductive division labor beyond the cells of a multicellular organism. However, the degree of specialization between reproductive and worker ...

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are crucial for identifying numerous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) linked to various diseases. However, current methods struggle with regional ...

A large body of evidence documents political polarization in national reporting of divisive topics. This study examines this issue empirically for local media reporting using large language models.

Edited by Danielle Basset, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; received May 2, 2024; accepted January 28, 2025, by Editorial Board Member Elizabeth A. Buffalo ...