Highlights - Week of October 14

The biweekly newsletter from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [Highlights]( [PNAS]( [X]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( [PNAS Nexus]( [X]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( This week we explore Large Language Models based on historical text, study the birth rates of Japanese macaques, and discuss how python hearts can grow and shrink in the most recent PNAS Science Sessions podcast episode. We also provide the latest groundbreaking research from PNAS and PNAS Nexus. PNAS Front Matter [FRONT MATTER ARTICLES]( [Opinion: Science offers the best way of knowing—as long as we don’t confuse what “is” with what “ought to be”]( [Opinion: Large Language Models based on historical text could offer informative tools for behavioral science]( [Journal Club: For a fish to evolve legs, old genes learned new tricks]( NAS MEMBER FEATURE [Mary-Lou Pardue (1933 to 2024): Investigating chromosomes and genomes by in situ hybridization]( SCIENCE SESSIONS [How python hearts grow and shrink]( Latest Research from PNAS [THIS WEEK'S ISSUE]( [No birth-associated maternal mortality in Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) despite giving birth to large-headed neonates]( [Graphene/chitosan nanoreactors for ultrafast and precise recovery and catalytic conversion of gold from electronic waste]( [Highly enriched carbon and oxygen isotopes in carbonate-derived CO2 at Gale crater, Mars]( Latest Articles from PNAS Nexus [CURRENT ISSUE]( [From the inside out: Were the cuticular Pseudonocardia bacteria of fungus-farming ants originally domesticated as gut symbionts?]( [Voters distrust delayed election results, but a prebunking message inoculates against distrust]( [Links between climatic histories and the rise and fall of a Pacific chiefdom]( Trending Articles PNAS TRENDING ARTICLE [AI-accelerated Nazca survey nearly doubles the number of known figurative geoglyphs and sheds light on their purpose]( PNAS NEXUS TRENDING ARTICLE [How persuasive is AI-generated propaganda?]( PNAS Highlights is a biweekly newsletter, featuring a curated selection of science news and research from the PNAS journals. Have feedback for us? Respond to this email and let us know what you think! Copyright (C) 2024 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in to PNAS communications on our website. Our mailing address is: National Academy of Sciences 500 5th St NWWashington, DC 20001-2736 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe](