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Economic burden of falls for 190 countries and territories from 2020 to 2050 based on health-augmented macroeconomic modelling

April 21, 2026

GBD 2021 Demographics Collaborators. Global age–sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and…

EEnvironment

Digitally native species are a necessary shift in taxonomic practice

April 8, 2026

Bánki, O. et al. Catalogue of Life (2025-11-16 XR) (Catalogue of Life Foundation, 2025); https://doi.org/10.48580/dgvbl. Miralles, A. et…

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Accelerating coral assisted evolution to keep pace with climate change

March 30, 2026

Costanza, R. et al. Changes in the global value of ecosystem services. Glob. Environ. Change 26, 152–158 (2014).…

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Periplasmic crowding and peptidoglycan hydrolase activity as drivers of outer membrane vesiculation in Acinetobacter baumannii

March 19, 2026

Schwechheimer, C. & Kuehn, M. J. Outer-membrane vesicles from Gram-negative bacteria: biogenesis and functions. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 13,…

EEnvironment

Greater trophic diversity of soil animal communities under agricultural land use and tropical climate

March 16, 2026

Anthony, M. A., Bender, S. F. & van der Heijden, M. G. A. Enumerating soil biodiversity. Proc. Natl…

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Dietary restriction in aging and longevity

March 7, 2026

Weindruch, R. & Walford, R. L. Dietary restriction in mice beginning at 1 year of age: effect on…

EEnvironment

Human pressure and biodiversity modify forest resilience after extreme multi-year droughts

March 5, 2026

Seidl, R. et al. Forest disturbances under climate change. Nat. Clim. Change 7, 395–402 (2017). Article Google Scholar …

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Exercise alleviates cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease mice via skeletal muscle-derived extracellular vesicles that enhance plaque clearance by microglia

March 2, 2026

Knopman, D. S. et al. Alzheimer disease. Nat. Rev. Dis. Primers 7, 33 (2021). Article PubMed PubMed Central …

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Digital mental health needs a purpose-driven approach

February 26, 2026

Pineda, B. S. et al. Updated taxonomy of digital mental health interventions: a conceptual framework. mHealth 9, 28…

EEnvironment

Predator–prey interactions as drivers of cognitive evolution

February 26, 2026

Shettleworth, S. J. Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior (Oxford Univ. Press, 2009). Byrne, R. W. & Whiten, A. Machiavellian…

EEnvironment

Extreme events and river biodiversity under climate change

February 20, 2026

Lynch, A. J. et al. People need freshwater biodiversity. WIREs Water 10, e1633 (2023). Article Google Scholar WWF.…

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Eliminating invasive predators | Nature Ecology & Evolution

February 14, 2026

Russell, J. C. Trends Ecol. Evol. 40, 1051–1053 (2025). Article PubMed Google Scholar Baeckens, S. & Van Damme,…