Life Briefing: Merck to Acquire Terns Pharmaceuticals for $6.7 Billion Strategic angle: The acquisition aims to enhance Merck's portfolio with a promising leukemia treatment. Editorial Staff Mar 25
Life Briefing: How to make emergency rooms safer for people with dementia Strategic angle: A federal vaccine adviser departs ACIP, adults turn to AI chatbots for health info, and radiologists sift through deepfake X-rays. Editorial Staff Mar 25
Life Briefing: Trump’s $1B payoff to stop offshore wind is even stranger than it sounds Strategic angle: The government is paying TotalEnergies to halt a wind farm it isn’t building, in exchange for fossil fuel investments it’s already making. Editorial Staff Mar 25
Life Briefing: Project Hail Mary meets reality: 45 planets could harbor alien life Strategic angle: Astronomers have narrowed down the cosmic search for life, identifying fewer than 50 rocky planets among thousands of known exoplanets that may have the right conditions to support life. Editorial Staff Mar 25
Life Briefing: Does a company's political power affect its success in obtaining federal contracts? Strategic angle: A study published in Contemporary Economic Policy investigates the influence of political investments on federal contract success. Editorial Staff Mar 25
Life Briefing: Eight amino acids may explain salamanders' reduced cold sensitivity Strategic angle: Research reveals how specific amino acids contribute to temperature sensing in salamanders. Editorial Staff Mar 25
Life Briefing: Are mercury levels elevated across US conservation lands? Strategic angle: A study reveals varying risks to wildlife from mercury pollution in the National Wildlife Refuge System. Editorial Staff Mar 25
Life Briefing: ‘Seriously wrong’: flood-hit Lincolnshire residents at odds with Reform MP over climate Strategic angle: Constituents’ frustration with Richard Tice reflects growing problem for party and its leaders’ climate-sceptic stance. Editorial Staff Mar 25
Life Briefing: The world's great fish migrations are collapsing. That's a problem for millions of people Strategic angle: Hidden beneath the surface of the world's rivers, some of Earth's great animal movements unfold—migrations that rival, in sheer biomass, the famous mass movements of zebra and wildebeest across the Serengeti. Editorial Staff Mar 25
Life Briefing: Successful minority employees can create a false sense of diversity Strategic angle: Highly successful women and racial minorities challenge stereotypes but may also create an illusion of organizational diversity. Editorial Staff Mar 25
Life Briefing: Uncovering the evolutionary limits of the COVID-19 virus Strategic angle: A new study reveals that the COVID-19 virus has evolved rapidly but within constrained genetic boundaries. Editorial Staff Mar 25
Life Briefing: Kona Storms Flood Oʻahu Strategic angle: Back-to-back subtropical cyclones in March fueled destructive flash flooding on several of the Hawaiian Islands. Editorial Staff Mar 25
Life Briefing: First ever atomic movie reveals hidden driver of radiation damage Strategic angle: Researchers visualize atoms in motion before radiation-driven decay, uncovering a dynamic process. Editorial Staff Mar 25
Life Briefing: Global study identifies urgent blue carbon priorities in the fight against climate change Strategic angle: An international study warns that critical scientific and practical gaps are slowing the use of blue carbon ecosystems in global efforts to tackle climate change. Editorial Staff Mar 25
Life Briefing: Honey bees dance better with an audience Strategic angle: Honey bees adjust their waggle dance performance based on the number of spectators, impacting the precision of their communication. Editorial Staff Mar 25
Life Briefing: Bio-based polymer offers a sustainable solution to 'forever chemical' cleanup Strategic angle: Researchers at the University of Bath have developed a renewable polymer membrane that captures toxic chemicals from water, paving the way for sustainable water treatment. Editorial Staff Mar 25
Life Briefing: Irrational decision or helpful evolutionary adaptation? A philosopher on the rationality wars behind 'nudge' policy Strategic angle: Exploring the implications of 'nudge' policies through the lens of philosophy and evolutionary adaptation. Editorial Staff Mar 25
Life Briefing: Red-tailed bumblebees found to be key hosts for dangerous bee virus Strategic angle: Wild bumblebees serve as key hosts for acute bee paralysis virus, posing risks to honeybee populations. Editorial Staff Mar 25
Life Briefing: This tiny implant, smaller than a grain of salt, can read your brain Strategic angle: A new neural implant is so small it can rest on a grain of salt, yet it can track and wirelessly transmit brain activity for over a year. Editorial Staff Mar 25
Life Briefing: Canada's migratory caribou are under threat. Will we act before it's too late? Strategic angle: Delegates are gathering in Campo Grande, Brazil, for the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) on the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. Editorial Staff Mar 25