Contributed by David B. Lobell; received February 5, 2025; accepted April 3, 2025; reviewed by Elizabeth Ainsworth and Francois Tardieu This contribution is part of the special series of Inaugural ...

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Ritual activity is commonly argued to have played an important role in the development of complex sociopolitical formations worldwide. In the Central Andes, where ritual apparently contributed to both ...

Two common findings from past research on sleep duration are that people who sleep too little suffer from various health consequences and that people from some cultures often have sleep durations that ...

A mutation in salt-induced kinase 3 (hSIK3-N783Y) is identified in a human subject exhibiting the natural short sleep duration trait. A mouse model carrying this homologous mutation demonstrates ...

Understanding how ecosystems respond to ubiquitous microplastic (MP) pollution is crucial for ensuring global food security. Here, we conduct a multiecosystem meta-analysis of 3,286 data points and ...

Clownfishes are an iconic group of 28 species that are famous for their bright color patterns and mutualism with sea anemones. Yet no ecological variable has been identified that can explain clownfish ...

We show that for thousands of years, humans have concentrated in a surprisingly narrow subset of Earth’s available climates, characterized by mean annual temperatures around ∼13 °C. This distribution ...

As AI tools become increasingly prevalent in workplaces, understanding the social dynamics of AI adoption is crucial. Through four experiments with over 4,400 participants, we reveal a social penalty ...

In the spring of 2022, the Calf Canyon/Hermit’s Creek fire burned over 300,000 acres in New Mexico (1), including terrain near the Rio Gallinas School for Ecology and the Arts in Las Vegas, New Mexico ...

We thank the National Key Research and Development Program (No. 2024FYA1509600, W.W.), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 21925403, W.W.; Grant ...