Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. Despite substantial excitement around the use of AI in law, little information...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. Copyright owners have sued several developers of large-scale generative AI systems for...

Homo erectus and H. floresiensis skulls both show defects similar to those modern human babies can develop after repeatedly resting on the same side

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. SignificanceIn 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court held inStudents for Fair Admissions v....

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. Most of our AI governance efforts focus on substance: What rules do...

Five years ago, I wrote an open letter asking climate scientists to speak out against fossil fuels. Now governments are in retreat, it is surely...

As tech companies have built hundreds of hyperscale data centers to power the artificial intelligence boom, they have triggered conflicting predictions over how these facilities...

Authorities fear progress in containing the fires in the Gironde and Madrid regions may be set back by temperatures expected to hit the low 40sThe...

The European Union’s cap-and-trade system has long been considered the gold standard for market-based emissions-reduction policies, and it’s influenced similar efforts from California to South...

Two days before the sweltering July 4 weekend, Martina Meijer, a New York City elementary teacher who occasionally substitutes over the summer, covered a class....

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. SignificanceMany technologies transform wind or water currents into useful forces and motions...

Gilead is criticized for lack of affordable access to lenacapavir in Latin America

Cheap, abundant Chinese solar panels have become essential to decarbonizing the global energy system. Without them, the world’s clean energy transition would have arguably been...

Black holes can form spiraling pairs in three different ways, the gravitational waves from hundreds of collisions suggest

White House report aims to shake up a ‘calcified system,’ but researchers warn it could do more harm than good

As extreme heat claims the lives of workers in India’s poorest areas, many fear the true mortality rate is being dangerously undercountedThe morning air was...

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Artful dodging allow males to elude females trying to eat them, slow-motion videos show

‘Huge’ new study of Caribbean anole populations catches evolution in real time

Climate change has intensified the urgency of transitioning to renewable energy. This study analyzes the energy transition, specifically solar in Ecuador in comparison with 17...

Global warming is accelerating, yet current climate strategies centred on emissions reduction and carbon removal are unlikely to prevent temperatures from crossing dangerous tipping points....

Climate change is rapidly turning South Asia into one of the most climate-vulnerable regions in the world. Flooding, heatwaves, and agrarian distress are accelerating the...

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02722-wTraditional resilience planning for extreme weather focuses on reinforcing municipal boundaries and internal infrastructure. Now, a study...