NATURE
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Will the big neuroscience brainstorm pay off?
Unravelling how the billions of interacting neurons in the human brain conjure consciousness is one of the greatest challenges in…
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Do orangutans like your toothpaste? Books in brief
Environomics Dharshini David Elliott & Thompson (2024) Why should an orangutan care what toothpaste a person uses, asks economist Dharshini…
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1906: The dawn of Alzheimer’s disease
Nature, Published online: 26 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02881-w A German physician’s study of a woman with memory loss and hallucinations marks…
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I scale these vast trees to gather data on the effects of climate change
“Climbing very tall trees is hard. You can really feel the stretch in the rope, especially when you’re ascending. You…
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Do AI models produce more original ideas than researchers?
Researchers built an artificial intelligence tool that came up with 4000 novel research ideas in a matter of hours. Credit:…
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A triple rainbow all the way across the sky — 150 years ago
Nature, Published online: 17 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02809-4 The first circumnavigation of Earth by plane (in just five short months) and…
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Academics say flying to meetings harms the climate — but they carry on
Air travel to attend academic conferences remains widespread although many meeting-goers have reservations about emissions.Credit: Liesa Johannssen/Bloomberg/Getty An overwhelming majority…
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The grassroots organizations continuing the fight for Ukrainian science
University buildings in Kharkiv and elsewhere have been damaged during the Russia-Ukraine conflict.Credit: SOPA/Alamy In the weeks following Russia’s full-scale…
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The Amazon’s gargantuan gardeners: manatees
Nature, Published online: 07 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02874-9 The aquatic mammals disperse seeds of their favourite foods as they migrate, according…
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Humans have evolved to digest starch more easily since the advent of farming
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 04 September 2024 The region of the human genome that harbours genes encoding amylase enzymes, which are crucial…
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