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Why does Denmark recommend so few childhood vaccines? A Danish scientist explains
The U.S. plans to follow the Scandinavian country’s minimalist schedule. That may be a mistake, Jens Lundgren says
Ex–Google CEO funds private space telescope bigger than Hubble
Schmidt Sciences announces investments in orbiting observatory and three ground-based instruments
Virginia Regulators Approve New Dominion Rates, Assign More Costs to Data Centers
Provisions could cut down on speculative growth in the data center sector, but don’t go far enough in protecting residential ratepayers, consumer advocates say.By Charles...
As Trump Eyes Greenland, What Could That Mean for Island’s Mineral Wealth and Environment?
The Danish territory holds significant stores of oil, gas and minerals. But regulations and the extreme environment have kept the vast majority in the ground.By...
Competition for heritable wealth, not cultural group selection, drives the evolution of monogamy
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 1, January 2026. SignificanceWhy did monogamy replace polygyny in many of the world’s most unequal...
‘The Dirtiest, Worst Oil’ Is in Venezuela
The country’s “extra heavy” oil packs some of the highest associated greenhouse gas emissions of any crude oil.By Phil McKennaVenezuela has the world’s largest oil...
Resistance, heteroresistance, and fitness costs drive colistin treatment failure during Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 1, January 2026. SignificanceThe mutational pathways leading to antibiotic-resistant infections and the role of the...
Enhanced insulin signaling via circulating ATG7: A potential therapeutic strategy for diabetes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 1, January 2026. SignificanceCirculating autophagy-related gene 7 (ATG7) regulates glucose homeostasis by mediating liver–muscle communication,...
Ebola virus matrix protein VP40 triggers inflammatory responses linked to the ebolavirus virulence
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 1, January 2026. SignificanceThis study investigates how the Ebola virus (EBOV) triggers excessive inflammation, which...
Biomarker δ13C values record consistent savanna vegetation and variable alkalinity of Lake Olduvai during Pleistocene wet/dry cycles
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 1, January 2026. SignificanceFossil and archaeological records confirm that the lacustrine setting of Olduvai Gorge...
Oil Industry Will Eye Venezuela Warily, Experts Say
Given Venezuela’s murky political future, few analysts expect a rush to invest the billions needed to pump more oil from the world’s largest reserves.By Marianne...
Food absence is a cue for metamorphosis in the solitary bee Megachile rotundata through a conserved physiological mechanism
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 1, January 2026. SignificanceIn the solitary beeMegachile rotundata, we found that food removal, not reaching...
Evaluating inbreeding and assessing the risk of outbreeding depression in genetic rescue using whole-genome sequence data
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 1, January 2026. SignificanceWe present a genomics-informed framework for evaluating when genetic rescue—introducing unrelated individuals...
Strategies reimagined: SDG-driven solutions for combating global desertification
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 1, January 2026. SignificanceDesertification threatens nearly a quarter of global land across 126 countries, affecting...
Detoxification of conifer antimicrobial defenses promotes entomopathogenic fungus infection of bark beetles
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 1, January 2026. SignificancePlants produce antimicrobial compounds to defend themselves against pathogens, and herbivorous insects...
Fossils point to common ancestor of modern humans, Neanderthals
Bones from a Moroccan quarry belonged to a hominin that lived when the human lineage was splitting
Universality for Taylor coefficients of rational functions under perturbations
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 1, January 2026. SignificanceAnalytic combinatorics in several variables estimates coefficients of multivariate generating functions via...
Maintaining microbiota across diverse symbiotic organs in Euprymna scolopes: Insights into shared immune responses
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 1, January 2026. SignificanceMany animals, including humans, have multiple organs harboring distinct bacterial communities that...
Why a fatal ‘black fungus’ struck India during the COVID-19 pandemic
Mucormycosis may be triggered by low levels of albumin, the most common blood protein
‘How is it possible?’: Berliners demand answers after sabotage causes blackout
Arson attack that left parts of German capital in darkness for days stirs outrage over infrastructure insecurityEurope live – latest updatesWhen Silke Peters bought a...
Endangered Toad Wins Legal Victory Against Highway Construction in Ecuador
The court invoked Ecuador’s rights of nature laws in halting a highway project to protect the Jambato harlequin toad, requiring the government to prove construction...
What would Trump’s Venezuela oil plans mean for climate change?
Announcing the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a raid by US military forces at the weekend, Donald Trump made no secret of his...
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