Illustration of the reorganization of jaw muscles and the skull following an increase in brain size during bird evolution. The avian skull underwent significant modifications during the evolution of ...

The authors note that Fig. 3 appeared incorrectly. The six panels are labeled incorrectly. The labels A–F should increase row-wise, not column-wise. The corrected figure appears below. The online ...

Edited by Scott Hultgren, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; received March 7, 2024; accepted January 27, 2025 ...

We thank Xiaoju Li, Haiyan Yu, Xiaomin Zhao, and Sen Wang from Core Facilities for Life and Environmental Sciences of Shandong University for their assistance in X-ray diffraction. We also thank the ...

The long-distance dispersal of organisms across oceans to distant islands can result in the evolution of new species lineages. The origin of critically endangered iguanas on the South Pacific islands ...

A model predicted nanocrystal growth into diverse shapes, shown in this simulation. Back from left to right: Octahedron and cube. Front from left to right: Cuboctahedron and rhombic dodecahedron.

Edited by Wilfred van der Donk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; received November 27, 2024; accepted February 21, 2025 ...

C.Y. and X.-F.W. wrote the paper. Z.-Z. Wu et al., Erythroid progenitor cell–mediated spleen–tumor interaction deteriorates cancer immunity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci ...

John Brauman was a scientific icon who maintained his working-class sensibilities—a true giant who had a profoundly positive impact on the organic and physical chemistry students who came through ...

Crown-of-thorns sea stars eat coral and, during episodic population outbreaks, cause extensive losses in coral reefs. The sea stars’ unexplained boom-and-bust population cycles may partly be ...

Y.D. and M.B.M. were supported by the National Nuclear Security Administration under the Stewardship Science Academic Alliance Program through the US Department of Energy (DOE) under Grant ...

Finally, we do not believe Grossman et al.’s argument regarding paleontological constraints on the possible ranges of marine temperature are sound. Palaeozoic tabulate corals and stromatoporoids have ...