Emerging infectious disease outbreak risks are ubiquitous worldwide, and highest in landscapes where people, livestock and fragmented natural ecosystems coexist, but detection and data ...

A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.

Exposure to fine particulate matter during cognitive assessments lowered adult cognitive performance in Kenya, and coarser pollution measures missed much of this short-run variation.

Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 14 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41579-026-01345-4As climate variability intensifies, human-pathogenic fungi are spreading into new regions and causing more disease. Addressing emergence will require stronger surveillance and forecasting; research on fungal dispersal, adaptation and population immunity; and policies that support vaccine development, antifungal stewardship and diagnostic access.

The editorial and the seven opinion articles posted here were scheduled for publication on July 13, 2026, in the journal, Diabetes Care. All articles were provided, in advance of the scheduled publica...

The editorial and the seven opinion articles posted here were scheduled for publication on July 13, 2026, in the journal, Diabetes Care. All articles were provided, in advance of the scheduled publica...

In a new analysis, we estimate that the extreme conditions caused more than 2,700 heat-related deaths in France.

The authors couple calculations of historical heatwave intensity at present and future global temperatures with exposure–response functions to quantify mortality from extreme heat events in Europe. Th...

Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs

The criminal extortion group ShinyHunters breached Instructure last week. The hackers, who have also attacked individual universities, demanded the ed-tech giant pay up or face a data leak.

Between January and May 2025, the National Institutes of Health terminated over 2000 grants primarily relating to health equity, particularly for Blac…

A survey reveals sharp divides in who bore the brunt of last year’s spree of grant cancellations by the Trump administration.

Journal of Academic Ethics - Scientific institutions increasingly engage in politics through candidate endorsements and public advocacy, raising questions about the neutrality of scientific...

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The Center on Food Security and the Environment (FSE) is seeking a research data analyst (RDA) to contribute to several academic research projects...

The process of peer review is vital to contemporary science, but is also under enormous strain. This study uses mathematical models to dissect the threats to the long-term viability of peer review, su...

by: Marshall B , with helpful feedback & additions from Andrew W and Chris C Yes, argues a recent working paper by Matt Burgess, Patrick Brown, Matt Kahn, and Roger Pielke Jr.  The pa...

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Oceans provide essential ecosystem services to human society, yet the climate impacts on blue capital have long been ignored. Incorporating the latest works on ocean science and economics, researchers...

R package heat: Harmonized Environmental Exposure Aggregation Tools - echolab-stanford/heat