From Kindergarten to College, New York Is Rethinking Climate Education
New York State has joined a growing movement to make climate education a required part of K-12 learning, following years of student demand and widespread...
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'The breath just went out of us': people return to their homes after wildfires near Madrid
Residents struggle to take in the devastation five days after El Morro was evacuated as fires burned across the countryside west of the Spanish capitalThe...
NASA's Curiosity Views a Sand-Capped Butte
1 Min Read NASA’s Curiosity Views a Sand-Capped Butte PIA26730 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Photojournal NavigationSciencePhotojournalNASA’s Curiosity Views a…Photojournal HomePhotojournal SearchLatest ContentGalleriesFeedbackRSSAbout Downloads NASA’s Curiosity Views a...
NASA's Curiosity Discovers a Field of Martian Polygons
2 Min Read NASA’s Curiosity Discovers a Field of Martian Polygons PIA26729 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Photojournal NavigationSciencePhotojournalNASA’s Curiosity Discovers a…Photojournal HomePhotojournal SearchLatest ContentGalleriesFeedbackRSSAbout Downloads NASA’s Curiosity...
Gender pay gaps in the social sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. SignificanceThe gender pay gap remains a persistent feature of labor markets, yet...
World falling short on 22 of 23 nature targets for 2030, says draft UN report
Print article Share The global goal to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030 ‘will not be achieved’ unless action by countries ‘accelerates rapidly’, says...
Climate change is driving a 'shift' in childhood malaria risk across Africa
Print article Share Rising temperatures are redistributing the risk of childhood malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, resulting in areas of ‘new risk’ in the east and...
A decade on the Iberian frontline has shown me that Europe's climate emergency is impossible to deny
What once felt exceptional now arrives with grim regularity all over the continent, and it will only get worse• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered...
Do you know what's in a name?
Nearly two decades after 350.org was founded, one of the most common questions we still get is ‘what does your name mean?’ Well, it’s less...
Two firefighters killed in Crete as southern Europe battles wildfires
Repeated heatwaves and strong winds alarm experts, who warn blazes are becoming harder to quellTwo firefighters have died while tackling a wildfire in Crete, the...
Severe floods increase long-term opioid overdose mortality
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. SignificanceOur study demonstrated a causal link between severe floods and opioid overdose...
Echolocating bats sacrifice binaural localization cues for target-focused hearing during high-speed foraging
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. SignificanceBats hunt in complete darkness using echolocation, emitting directional high-frequency sonar pulses...
Fatal Detonation of WWII Explosive in Indonesia Linked to Illicit Fishing
In May, a group of fishers on the Indonesian island of Biak were dismantling an unexploded shell left over from World War II when the...
Statutory construction and interpretation for AI
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. SignificanceAI systems are increasingly trained to follow natural language rules, but these...
Measuring disparate impact in human and machine decisions
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. SignificanceEmpirical studies of discrimination typically aim to estimate the effects of race...
Q&A: What does China's 15th 'five-year plan' for renewables mean for climate change?
China has released its ‘15th five-year plan for the development of renewable energy’, outlining key targets and policies for the sector in 2026-2030. A key...
Why are so many dead bumblebees appearing on sidewalks?
Bumblebees naturally have short lives, but extreme heat and human activity are making survival harder. Pesticides can poison bees or destroy the flowers they depend...
Hazard curvature makes within-host variability costly for survival
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. SignificanceWithin-host populations such as cancer clones and pathogens fluctuate, but clinical outcome...
A phosphorylation cascade involving ZmSnRK2.10–ZmRIPK2–ZmWRKY38 attenuates drought response by derepressing ZmSUS2 in maize
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. SignificanceWhile SnRK2 kinases, core components of abscisic acid (ABA) signaling, are known...
Heatwaves putting hydrangeas at risk in south of England, RHS warns
Exclusive: British garden staple becomes most frequently reported plant for hot weather problems, charity reportsWith their lush foliage and blooms which turn pink, purple or...
Richard D. Alba 1942–2025: Distinguished scholar of ethnicity and immigrant assimilation and cherished mentor and friend
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. Richard D. Alba, a path-breaking sociologist who studied immigrant assimilation and its...
A minimal wake–vortex model explains formation flight of flapping birds
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. SignificanceThe striking formation patterns of flocking birds have long been hypothesized to...
Caribbean bears brunt of £43bn climate-fuelled damage to developing islands
Findings can inform conversations about global climate reparations and financing for mitigations, researchers sayCaribbean nations suffered $53.2bn (£40bn) of damage from climate-fuelled disasters between 2000...
There is no free benchmark: An institutional view of legal AI benchmarking
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...
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