NATURE
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First DNA from Pompeii body casts illuminates who victims were
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius (artist’s illustration) buried the city of Pompeii, Italy, in at least six metres of volcanic…
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Five structural-biology questions that still challenge AI
Alena Khmelinskaia wants designing bespoke proteins to be as simple as ordering a meal. Picture a vending machine, she says,…
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The eight obituaries of a Shanghai person
One: 16 March 2074 Donghua Advertising Company is deeply saddened to announce that, owing to company restructuring and resource optimization,…
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The US election is monumental for science, say Nature readers — here’s why
Early voting is already taking place in the 2024 US presidential election. Here, voters mark their ballots at a location…
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Study reveals three ways to disappear down a Wikipedia rabbit hole
Data from hundreds of thousands of browsing sessions is revealing how people navigate Wikipedia. Credit: Sascha Steinbach/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock An analysis of…
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“This is private property.” The voice is strongly southern. There are variations to these accents and this one is what…
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The huge protein database that spawned AlphaFold and biology’s AI revolution
Crystallographer Helen Berman co-founded the Protein Data Bank in the 1960s. Credit: Rutgers University The 2024 Nobels were all about…
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How do I tell someone that I can’t write them a strong letter of recommendation?
Illustration: David Parkins The problem Dear Nature, I’m a neuroscientist in the United States. I have written a lot of…
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Want a new job in science? Six charts to help you land it
Nature’s 2024 hiring survey This article is the first in a short series discussing the results of Nature’s 2024 global…
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My paper was proved wrong. After a sleepless night, here’s what I did next
Two juvenile lynx (Lynx lynx) photographed by a camera trap. Data on individual animals can be combined with species occurrence…
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