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Educational Intervention Can Rewire Village Social Networks

14 | Connection Intervention , Economics , Experiment , Global Health , Honduras , LMIC , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , Multiplex Network , NAC Favorite , Nature , RCT , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software

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Papamichalis, M., Forastiere, L., Airoldi, E.M. et al. Educational intervention can rewire village social networks. Nature (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11154-7

A semantic-based community model for high-fidelity tuning of olfactory mixture distances

3 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Methodology , Olfaction

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V. Satarifard, L. Sisson, Y. Han, P. Ilídio, M. Hladiš, M. Lalis, X. Song, T. Yang, W. Yin, A. Ravia, C.X. Zheng, G. Andreoletti, J. Albrecht, R. Pellegrino, Z. Wang, S. Yang, R. D’hondt, A. Ghinis, J. de Boer, F.K. Nakano, A. Gharahighehi, J.M.G. Vilar, L. Saiz, D.O.M.P.C. , B. Sanchez-Lengeling, A. Keller, L.B. Vosshall, S. Fiorucci, A. Tewari, J. Topin, C. Vens, M. Björkman, D. Kragic, N. Sobel, N.A. Christakis, J.D. Mainland, & P. Meyer, A semantic-based community model for high-fidelity tuning of olfactory mixture distances, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 123 (32) e2611057123, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2611057123 (2026).

Social network structure and depression by gender in rural Honduras: a cross-sectional study

8 | Honduras , Mental Health , LMIC , Global Health , Sociocentric Network , Social Network , Emotion , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH)

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Lee ST, Papamichalis M, Raygoza-Cortez K, Christakis NA, Rodriguez de la Rosa AL. Social network structure and depression by gender in rural Honduras: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2026 Jun 12;16(6):e108285. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108285. PMID: 42285574; PMCID: PMC13288701.

The Influence “Paradox”: When More Network Ties Lead to Less Change

8 | Honduras , Contagion Intervention , Economics , Methodology , Network Targeting , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Social Contagion

Metagenomic polymorphic toxin effector and immunity profiling predicts microbiome development and disease-related dysbiosis

2 | Infectious Disease , Microbiome

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Schroer HW, Beghini F, Raygoza Garay JA, Christakis NA, Bosch DE. Metagenomic polymorphic toxin effector and immunity profiling predicts microbiome development and disease-related dysbiosis. mSystems. 2026 Jun 23;11(6):e0030526. doi: 10.1128/msystems.00305-26. Epub 2026 May 22. PMID: 42171373; PMCID: PMC13288982.

Measuring intellectual humility through situated behavior: An alternative to dispositional self‑reports

3 | Honduras , Global Health , Methodology

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Rudnev M, Rodriguez de la Rosa AL, Barrett R, Christakis NA, Grossmann I. Measuring intellectual humility through situated behavior: An alternative to dispositional self-reports. Behav Res Methods. 2026 May 4;58(6):150. doi: 10.3758/s13428-026-03016-x. PMID: 42082861.

Modeling roles and trade-offs in multiplex networks

5 | Honduras , Methodology , Multiplex Network , Sociocentric Network , Social Network

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Nakis, N., Lehmann, S., Christakis, N.A. et al. Modeling roles and trade-offs in multiplex networks. Nat Commun (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-68896-1

On the optimal integration of intelligent agents into network systems to steer cooperation

10 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Bots , Cooperation , Hybrid Systems , Methodology , PNAS , Position Intervention , Public Goods , Social Contagion , Social Network

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Fu F, Chen X, Christakis NA. On the optimal integration of intelligent agents into network systems to steer cooperation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Mar 24;123(12):e2537939123. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2537939123. Epub 2026 Mar 16. PMID: 41838917.

Countering the Forgetting of Novel Health Information with ‘Social Boosting’

7 | Global Health , Honduras , LMIC , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , Social Contagion , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software

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Krishna V, Christakis NA. Countering the forgetting of novel health information with ‘social boosting.' SSM Popul Health, 33 (2026); 101902

How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy

7 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Bots , Cooperation , Hybrid Systems , Online Network , Public Goods , Science

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Schroeder DT, Cha M, Baronchelli A, Bostrom N, Christakis NA, Garcia D, Goldenberg A, Kyrychenko Y, Leyton-Brown K, Lutz N, Marcus G, Menczer F, Pennycook G, Rand DG, Ressa M, Schweitzer F, Song D, Summerfield C, Tang A, Van Bavel JJ, van der Linden S, Kunst JR. How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy. Science. 2026 Jan 22;391(6783):354-357. doi: 10.1126/science.adz1697. Epub 2026 Jan 22. PMID: 41570131.