When Carl Linnaeus invented binomial nomenclature in the 18th century, it provided a universal language for scientists. Giving each species a unique name is essential for effective communication, ...

Edited by Éva Kondorosi, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary; received March 26, 2024; accepted October 7, 2024 ...

Isoprene, an aerosol and ozone precursor, is mainly emitted by plants, particularly trees. Hui Wang et al. measured isoprene emissions from sedges, a class of herbaceous plants found in both natural ...

Contributed by Denis Duboule; received July 24, 2024; accepted October 12, 2024; reviewed by Terence D. Capellini and René Rezsohazy ...

Molecular oxidation in response to reactive oxygen species (ROS) occurs both spontaneously in cellular systems and as a consequence of environmental exposures to various toxins. Given that RNAs are ...

Kevin Hockett is an avid sourdough baker. As a microbial ecologist at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, he knows that each of his perfectly risen loaves is, in large part, the result ...

Research in rhesus macaques suggests a neural correlate for choking under pressure. Image credit: Shutterstock/MusicSounds From the French golfer Jean van de Velde ...

Killingsworth, Kahneman, and Mellers’ [KKM, (1)] attempt to resolve their dispute about whether money can buy happiness is laudable. Their contribution shifts the focus from averages to other ...

Third, Majer et al. point to current insights that can be applied to high conflict settings (1). We agree that such insights should be leveraged for sustainability transformations. However, we caution ...

This new narrative is conciliatory, but only thinly linked to the presented statistical evidence. The existence and location ($100,000) of a threshold was not estimated in Killingsworth’s data but was ...

We thank the reader for their provocative response to our work (1, 2). However, the core premise that our findings are “in conflict with some compelling historical evidence” misinterprets our results ...

Illustrated reconstruction of Dromaeosauriformipes rarus running along the muddy shore of an ancient lake. Image credit: PNAS/Alex Boersma (artist). Illustration of ciliates grazing on ...