Highlights - Week of October 28

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 the push for ethical reform in taxonomic naming, examine new evidence regarding dinosaur locomotion, and discuss the neuroscience of how musicians and nonmusicians perceive musical boundaries 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: Stop using racist, unethical, and inappropriate names in taxonomy]( [Inner Workings: Protein research may hint at how human eggs survive for decades]( [Cats can associate sounds and images, a basic precursor of language]( NAS MEMBER FEATURE [Jane I. Guyer (1943–2024): A singular student of economic life and enthusiastic supporter of the careers of others]( SCIENCE SESSIONS [Perceiving musical boundaries]( Latest Research from PNAS [THIS WEEK'S ISSUE]( [Theropod trackways as indirect evidence of pre-avian aerial behavior]( [Methane fueled lake pelagic food webs in a Cretaceous greenhouse world]( [Tolerance and efficient metabolization of extremely high ethanol concentrations by a social wasp]( Latest Articles from PNAS Nexus [CURRENT ISSUE]( [Complexity and entropy of natural patterns]( [Pollen foraging mediates exposure to dichotomous stressor syndromes in honey bees]( [Quantifying the uniqueness and divisiveness of presidential discourse]( Trending Articles PNAS TRENDING ARTICLE [Effect of a giant meteorite impact on Paleoarchean surface environments and life]( PNAS NEXUS TRENDING ARTICLE [An exceptional phytoplankton bloom in the southeast Madagascar Sea driven by African dust deposition]( 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](