Imagining…
Where Science Meets Creative Writing
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How can we look at fossils and understand what creatures roamed the Earth millions of years ago?
How can we predict the behavior of materials deep within planetary interiors?
How can we reverse humanity’s impact on the global climate?
How can we predict habitats for life on other planets?
Doing impactful, innovative research requires training our brain to imagine the elusive unknown, even when bounded by scientific evidence. Now, more than ever in the history of human civilization, there is a pressing need to exercise our imagination muscles. Writing scientific fiction while accounting for the real science is a powerful way to do just that—to learn what is possible, what is probable, how we can change the future, and what our responsibility is to the future generation of our species.
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- Good Morning, Earth!
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- NASA’s Webb Reveals Stars Sparking to Life in Cosmic Celebration
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the infrared light of numerous features that previously were impossible to see beyond the thick dust of the FS Tau star system. In addition to myriad background galaxies that burst into view like fireworks for the United States’ 250th anniversary celebrations, this image flickers with a number of
- Millions of Invaders Are Attacking the Ocean, and the Ocean Is Losing
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- A valley-blocking landslide in Lower Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India
A large landslide in India, triggered by monsoon rainfall, was captured on a remarkable video. On Monday 29 June 2026, a valley-blocking landsldie occurred on the Siji River in Lower Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India. I have yet to track down the precise location of this event, but it is in the region of [27.7146,
- In This Issue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 26, June 2026. <br/>
- Cryo-EM of the eukaryotic purine transporter UapA demonstrates intramolecular and lipid regulation of transport
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 26, June 2026. <br/>SignificanceNucleobase–ascorbate transporters (NATs, also known as SLC23 family) are ubiquitous across species. These plasma membrane proteins play a vital role in transporting essential metabolites and drug analogues across cell membranes. This study …
- Scientists should recognize their own political biases to build public trust
Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01975-xPublic trust in science can’t be sustained by the support of narrow constituencies at one end of an ideological spectrum.
- Seeking universal malaria-vaccine targets
Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01808-xEvolutionarily conserved targets have been identified that are shared across malaria-parasite species and their life stages and are recognized by the human immune system.