7. Study finds small-scale tree cover in Costa Rica boosts biodiversity while limiting dangerous mosquito species
11. Research shows importance of promoting better understanding, inclusion of children with disabilities in the classroom
12. Sharks rarely seen together peacefully co-feed: Observation could help scientists understand shark ecology better
21. Study suggests that to avoid weight stigma, food industry messaging should take cues from anti-tobacco success
22. Glaphene: 2D hybrid material integrates graphene and silica glass for next-generation electronics
27. One couple, two apartments, different surnames for the children: How ''two places to stay'' is shaping families in China
29. Twisting light for memory: New chiral photonic device enables real-time control of light polarization and data storage
43. Study finds young people play sports less when they get their first job, but social support helps
50. Involving communities in nature-based solutions to climate challenges leads to greater innovation, study shows
53. Sweeping study of 7,000 years of monuments in South Arabia shows how pastoralists adapted to change
61. DRC''s plan for the world''s largest tropical forest reserve would be good for the planet: Can it succeed?
70. Texas'' annual reading test adjusted its difficulty every year, masking whether students are improving
78. Medieval retellings of the birth of the Virgin Mary suggest the Church was understanding of infertility
90. Early Earth chemistry: Triplet RNA building blocks and freeze-thaw cycles enable self-replication in water
94. From surprise platypus to wandering cane toads, here''s what we found hiding in New South Wales estuaries
97. A red dot, a 43,000 year old fingerprint, and a stone out of place—potential evidence of Neanderthal pareidolia
112. Single-layer waveguide display uses achromatic metagratings for more compact augmented reality eyewear
116. Dog owners are willing to pay more for food labeled for certain health attributes, analysis shows
130. January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires serve as a wake-up call as ''once-in-a-generation'' events become frequent
139. Reno air quality study illuminates wider atmospheric and public health impacts of wildfire smoke
141. Webb telescope helps refines Hubble constant, suggesting resolution to long-standing expansion rate debate
146. The generalization of statistical mechanics makes it possible to regularize the theory of critical phenomena
169. Managing forests and other ecosystems under rising threats requires thinking across wide-ranging scenarios
177. Crystal-modifying agent piracetam provides scalable strategy for high-efficiency all-perovskite tandem solar cells
183. The world''s best-preserved fossils are right outside Chicago: But there are no dinosaur bones at Mazon Creek
189. Copper death-inhibiting compounds isolated from eucalyptus fruits show promise for cancer therapy
191. Rising soil nitrous acid emissions driven by climate change and fertilization accelerate global ozone pollution: Study
194. Financial literacy is about more than personal responsibility—wealth and inequality should be included
199. ''Raindrops in the sun''s corona'': New adaptive optics shows stunning details of our star''s atmosphere
200. Earth is heading for 2.7C warming this century—we may avoid the worst climate scenarios, but the outlook is dire
213. Harvard fights to keep enrolling international students: 4 essential reads about their broader impact
217. Old water, new insights: Researchers study ''old water paradox'' in forest laboratory experiment
221. Most of us will leave behind a large ''digital legacy'' when we die. Here''s how to plan what happens to it
237. Exotic vibrations in new materials: New insights show universal applicability of carbyne as a sensor
240. Highly oxidized products from isoprene—atmospheric chemistry pathways could drive global aerosol formation
242. First-of-its-kind measurement may help physicists learn about gluons, which hold together nuclei in atoms
250. Illinois coal plants get Trump exemptions from Biden-era rule limiting mercury, other toxic air pollution
260. Assembly instructions for enzymes: Universal rules can help to design an optimal enzyme from scratch
264. Bay Area lawmaker pushes back against Trump cuts after 50M loss threatens efforts to rein in coastal erosion
268. Urban rewilding has brought back beavers, hornbills and platypuses to city parks—and that''s just the start
275. NOAA''s 2025 hurricane forecast warns of a busy season. A scientist explains why and what meteorologists are watching
276. Here''s how we figured the number of guns illegally trafficked from the US across the border to Mexico