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In a new #SciencePolicyArticle, researchers look at Jamaica’s experience with 2025’s Hurricane Melissa as a case study that reveals how extreme weather and disaster spending can trap climate-vulnerable countries in a cycle of recovery borrowing and underinvestment in future climate resilience.
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A new study in @SciImmunology demonstrates how mechanical sensing in gut macrophages can lead to colitis-associated visceral pain in mice. scim.ag/4ytUjxp
A newly resurfaced photo taken by Rosalind Franklin—photo 49—shows she was aware of the helical structure of DNA and explains why her published image—photo 51—does not have indications of her understanding of its shape.
Learn more in the latest episode of the #SciencePodcast🎙️: scim.ag/4BpAwly
The NOSTER & Science Magazine Microbiome Prize rewards innovative research by early-career investigators on the functional roles of the microbiota in human or veterinary health and disease.
Apply by 14 February 2027: bit.ly/4yHVbii
ALT The image shows a blue rectangular logo with the words "Noster Science Microbiome Prize" in bold, white letters.
🎉 Congratulations to Gioele La Manno, winner of the 2026 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology for his innovative experiments that have uncovered intricate layers of organization in the brain’s lipids—and have deciphered how these fatty molecules shape the diversity of brain cells.
Learn more: scim.ag/4yQ0tIv
Bird songs share surprising similarities with human music and speech, according to a large-scale study comparing vocalizations across hundreds of bird species and dozens of human languages.
The findings in Science suggest that these similarities may arise partly from shared biological mechanisms, rather than vocal learning ability alone.
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Freshwater species face widespread human pressures, but where those pressures affect biodiversity has remained poorly understood.
New Science research maps 45 threats across more than 21,000 freshwater species, revealing hotspots of impact and helping guide conservation and management efforts where they are most urgently needed.
Learn more in this week’s issue: scim.ag/4jH5Vtm
ALT A fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) rests beside a forest stream in Bratsigovo, Bulgaria. Freshwater species face widespread human pressures, but where those pressures affect biodiversity has remained poorly understood. Research mapping 45 threats across 21,490 freshwater species reveals hotspots of impact, helping guide conservation and management efforts where they are most urgently needed. Photo: Guy Edwardes/NPL/Minden Pictures
Two proteins that permeabilize mitochondria promote cell death through distinct mechanisms.
Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/4iHh5gH
In a unique human challenge study, researchers interrogate how preexisting immunity and antibodies against the four serotypes of #dengue influence viremia, T cell responses, and immune activation in a safe and controlled setting. @ScienceTM scim.ag/4yPtDHV
Although cancer is a common cause of death in domestic cats, little is known about the range of cancer genes in cat tumors, and how this range might compare with the oncogenome in people.
Researchers in Science have sequenced cancer genes in 493 samples from 13 different types of feline cancer and matched healthy control tissue, gaining a clearer picture of the cat oncogenome and comparing the genes to known cancer-causing mutations in humans.
Learn more on #NationalCatDay: scim.ag/4yK4cHD
