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Ancient Humans Mastered Fire. Now, Burning Fossil Fuels and Blazing Landscapes Threaten to ‘Undo the World’
Intensifying wildfires across the continent are spewing air pollution, putting human health at risk, particularly Americans living with chronic illnesses
Repurposing of a DNA segregation machinery into a cytoskeletal system controlling cell shape
Science, Volume 392, Issue 6795, April 2026.
Sex effects on gene expression across the human cerebral cortex at cell type resolution
Science, Volume 392, Issue 6795, April 2026.
Today’s robots walk, swim, fly, and manipulate objects on the go—and they’re just getting started
Science, Volume 392, Issue 6795, April 2026.
HNF1B integrates signals in a feed-forward loop driving kidney disease progression
Science, Volume 392, Issue 6795, April 2026.
Stem cell control in the lung by an autocrine injury-activated Igf complex
Science, Volume 392, Issue 6795, April 2026.
The Hell Creek Formation Is North America’s Legendary Boneyard. See the Top Five Discoveries Found in the Iconic Fossil Bed
From preserved plants to T. rex, the material found in these Late Cretaceous rocks has resulted in countless breakthroughs for paleontologists
I’ve earned my PhD — what now?
Illustration: David Parkins The problem Dear Nature, In December 2024, I finished my PhD in biomedical chemistry in Italy, and I now find myself in that all-too-familiar early-career crisis, struggling to work out what to do next. Research is important to me as a way to contribute meaningfully to a better, healthier world. But I … Read more
Virology’s most wanted: the influenza virus
Emergency hospital wards were set up during the 1918 flu pandemic.Credit: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE/SPL Of all the pathogens that have plagued humanity, few are as notorious and persistent as influenza. Its Houdini-like ability to regularly slip the shackles of vaccine- or infection-induced immunity, aided by a steady and sustained mutation rate, has … Read more