Although many people think of dinosaurs as being the largest creatures to have lived on Earth, the true largest known animal is still here today—the blue whale. How whales were able to become so large has long been of interest. Goldbogen et al. used field-collected data on feeding and diving events across different types of whales to calculate rates of energy gain (see the Perspective by…
In her bestselling book Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer describes the reciprocity between humans and nature while also contemplating another potentially beneficial relationship—between Indigenous knowledge…
Plastics in the environment can alter a wide range of biogeochemical cycles
A tree-based method plans in belief space to actively gather information and infer spacecraft faults while maintaining safety.
Genetically modified (GM) crops have been adopted by some of the world’s leading agricultural nations, but the full extent of their environmental impact remains largely…
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Agriculture’s global environmental impacts are widely expected to continue expanding, driven by population and economic growth and dietary changes. This Review highlights climate change as…
Cognitive control circuit activity changes induced by problem-solving therapy in depression and obesity were associated with therapeutic outcomes.
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Native phosphopriming of β-catenin is the critical factor in determining its phosphorylation by GSK-3β.
There is extensive geologic evidence of ancient volcanic activity on the Moon, but it is unclear how long that volcanism persisted. Magma fountains produce volcanic…
