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Brought to you by Science Podcasts VOLUME 392 | ISSUE 6795 | 16 APR 2026 This week’s Policy Forum: prediction markets as a public health threat.  Editorial Editorial The Arctic’s growing mosquito problem By Amanda M. Koltz, Lauren E. Culler Read more News In Depth  |  Geology Ancient lake’s flood may have etched the Grand Canyon By Paul Voosen Mineral grains show Colorado River filled a basin at the canyon’s head millions of years ago Read more In Depth  |  Biology Differences in ribosomes may help explain human diversity By Catherine Offord Mutations in genes for cells’ protein factories linked to traits such as height and weight Read more In Depth  |  Ancient DNA Rise of farming, cultural shifts supercharged human evolution By Andrew Curry Sweeping study finds rapid genetic change in past 10,000 years Read more In Depth  |  Atmospheric Science Fog, a research ‘underdog,’ gets serious attention By Hannah Richter California effort will study the future of a vital water source in a warming world Read more In Depth  |  Polar Science Trump seeks to jump-start stalled icebreaker By Jeffrey Mervis White House’s 2027 budget request includes $900 million for Antarctic research vessel Read more Feature Cold rush By Zack Savitsky As quantum computers get bigger, researchers scramble to chill hardware without rare helium-3 Read more Commentary Expert Voices Today’s robots walk, swim, fly, and manipulate objects on the go—and they’re just getting started By Aude G. Billard Read more Perspective  |  Neuroscience Express yourself By Jessica Tollkuhn, S. Marc Breedlove The brain’s expression of more than 3000 genes differs between men and women Read more Perspective  |  Immunology Programmable cellular protein factories By Richard G. James, Ting-ting Zhang Engineered immune cell precursors produce antibodies on demand in mice Read more Perspective  |  Structural Biology Channels of transformation By Ben C. Berks, Susan M. Lea Multiple structures of a transmembrane protein clarify how bacteria import DNA Read more Perspective  |  Materials Science Shaping tissues with defects By John W. C. Dunlop, Łucja Kowalewska Topological defects encode geometric features that morph living cell sheets into predictable structures Read more Policy Forum  |  Addiction Prediction markets as a public health threat By Nizan Geslevich Packin, Sharon Rabinovitz Scientific framing, gambling-like design, and regulatory gaps create risks of a new behavioral addiction and democratic manipulation Read more Books et al.  |  Physics Our cosmos, ourselves By C. Brandon Ogbunugafor Science, culture, and imagination are inextricable, argues a cosmologist Read more Books et al.  |  Science Lives The life and legacy of George Schaller By Barbara J. King A meticulous biography captures the story of a towering figure in field biology Read more Letter Accurately accounting for China’s typhoon losses By Congcong Zhang, Zhongkai Liao Read more Letter Protect polar wildlife from microplastics By Ai-Jun Miao, Xin-Yuan Li, et al. Read more Letter Blind box culture exacerbates plastic waste By Weiming Tu Read more Research Research Highlights In Science Journals By Madeleine Seale, Phil Szuromi, et al. Highlights from the Science family of journals Read more Research Highlights In Other Journals By Di Jiang, Mattia Maroso, et al. Editors’ selections from the current scientific literature Read more Research Article  |  EXOPLANETS Gas-depleted planet formation occurred in the four-planet system around the red dwarf LHS 1903 By Thomas G. Wilson, Anna M. Simpson, et al. Read more Research Article  |  STEM CELLS Stem cell control in the lung by an autocrine injury-activated Igf complex By Yue Zhang, Youcef Ouadah, et al. Read more Research Article  |  CELL ENGINEERING B lymphocyte protein factories produced by hematopoietic stem cell gene editing By Harald Hartweger, Chiara Ruprecht, et al. Read more Research Article  |  NEUROSCIENCE An opposing molecular gradient axis underlies primate cortical organization By Zhi Huang, Qianqian Yang, et al. Read more Research Article  |  KIDNEY DISEASE HNF1B integrates signals in a feed-forward loop driving kidney disease progression By Pierre Isnard, Munevver Parla Makinistoglu, et al. Read more Research Article  |  CELL BIOLOGY Repurposing of a DNA segregation machinery into a cytoskeletal system controlling cell shape By Benjamin L. Springstein, Manjunath G. Javoor, et al. Read more Research Article  |  NEUROGENETICS Sex effects on gene expression across the human cerebral cortex at cell type resolution By Alex R. DeCasien, Pavan Auluck, et al. Read more Research Article  |  METALLURGY Super-nano domains enable strength-conductivity synergy in copper foils By Zhao Cheng, Linhai Liu, et al. Read more Research Article  |  FERROELECTRICS Ferroelectricity in atomic-scale titanium dioxide dielectric films By Koushik Das, Kate Reidy, et al. Read more Research Article  |  HELIOPHYSICS Determination of the Solar System contribution to the soft x-ray sky By K. Dennerl, G. Ponti, et al. Read more Research Article  |  PALEORIVERS Late Miocene Colorado River arrival in the Bidahochi basin supports spillover origin of Grand Canyon By John J. Y. He, Ryan S. Crow, et al. Read more Research Article  |  PLANT SCIENCE Calcium-triggered apoplastic ROS bursts balance gravity and mechanical signals for soil navigation By Ivan Kulich, Dmitrii Vladimirtsev, et al. Read more Research Article  |  ECOPHYSIOLOGY Mesothermic fishes face high fuel demands and overheating risk in warming oceans By Nicholas L. Payne, Edward P. Snelling, et al. Read more Research Article  |  AGROSEISMOLOGY Agroseismology and the impact of farming practices on soil hydrodynamics By Qibin Shi, David R. Montgomery, et al. Read more Research Article  |  STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY Structural basis for DNA processing and membrane translocation by ComEC in natural transformation By Hisato Hirano, Naoko Tsuji, et al. Read more Research Article  |  ACTIVE MATTER Guidance of cellular nematic elastomers into shape-programmable living surfaces By Pau Guillamat, Waleed Mirza, et al. Read more Careers Working Life Talk therapy By Filippo Dall’Armellina Read more FIRST RELEASE Read accepted papers posted online ahead of journal publication View all First Release Sign up for ScienceAdviser Science’s free daily newsletter delivers exclusive reporting and analysis as well as the latest science news, commentary, and research. Sign up to delve deeper into what matters most in Science and science. 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