NATURE
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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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Why repairing forests is not just about planting trees
Treewilding: Our Past, Present and Future Relationship with Forests Jake Robinson Pelagic (2024) Trees first appeared around 400 million years ago.…
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So you got a null result. Will anyone publish it?
Download the 30 August long read podcast The ‘file-drawer problem’, where findings with null or negative results gather dust and…
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What accelerates brain ageing? This AI ‘brain clock’ points to answers
A functional magnetic resonance imaging scan (artificially coloured) of a human brain. Researchers used data from such scans to measure…
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how to collaborate with non-governmental organizations
Too often, the potential of a biomedical discovery to tackle disease is not fully realized. Perhaps the economic return is…
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Cells poised to divide can delay their commitment to proliferate
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 21 August 2024 For a cell to progress through the G1 phase of the cell cycle and divide,…
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