Science-policy advisers shape programmes that solve real-world problems

Nature, Published online: 18 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03040-x Four scientists discuss how they broke into the field and how they use evidence to tackle society’s problems. | Continue reading


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A brain circuit that cements the memory of socially learnt food preferences

Nature, Published online: 18 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03012-1 How an experience results in a long-term memory has remained unknown. A circuit involving the posteromedial nucleus of the cortical amygdala in the brain is shown to consolidate memories for socially tran … | Continue reading


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The UK’s $1-billion bet to create technologies that change the world

Nature, Published online: 18 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02995-1 It was modelled after DARPA, the hugely successful US tech funder. Can Britain’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency — ARIA — create revolutionary innovations? | Continue reading


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Thalidomide-like drug staunches bleeding from genetic disease

Nature, Published online: 18 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03084-z Severe nosebleeds caused by hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia dwindled in people who took a drug used to treat cancer. | Continue reading


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Unearthing ‘hidden’ science would help to tackle the world’s biggest problems

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02991-5 Tens of thousands of studies evaluating government programmes are collecting dust in institutional vaults. Sharing them could benefit everyone. | Continue reading


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40 million deaths by 2050: toll of drug-resistant infections to rise by 70%

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03033-w By 2050, around 2 million people — the majority aged over 70 — could die from drug-resistant infections each year. | Continue reading


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Author Correction: Fast-moving stars around an intermediate-mass black hole in ω Centauri

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08017-4 Author Correction: Fast-moving stars around an intermediate-mass black hole in ω Centauri | Continue reading


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Doctors cured her sickle-cell disease. So why is she still in pain?

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02994-2 Gene and cell therapies bring fresh hope to people with genetic disorders, but recovery can be complex and long-term support remains sparse. | Continue reading


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Stop delaying action on antimicrobial resistance — it is achievable and affordable

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02993-3 Ensuring that clinics in low- and middle-income countries are well-stocked with high-quality antibiotics could help physicians to treat millions of people each year and slow the spread of drug resistance. | Continue reading


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Tackling antimicrobial resistance needs a tailored approach — four specialists weigh in

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02971-9 Ahead of a United Nations meeting on the global challenge of drug-resistant infections, Nature asked health-care experts in emerging economies to describe what would address the issue in their country or … | Continue reading


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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 a spectacle in the sky, in our weekly dive into Nature’s archive. | Continue reading


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Daily briefing: AlphaFold reveals ‘family tree’ of viruses

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03058-1 AlphaFold reveals how viruses including hepatitis C, dengue and Zika evolved. Plus, mosquito-borne diseases are on the rise in Europe — are scientists worried? | Continue reading


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Should young kids take the new anti-obesity drugs? What the research says

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02983-5 Evidence shows that blockbuster weight-loss medications can reduce obesity even in children aged 6–11, but their long-term effects on growing bodies are unknown. | Continue reading


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AI model collapse might be prevented by studying human language transmission

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03023-y AI model collapse might be prevented by studying human language transmission | Continue reading


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To combat antimicrobial resistance, invest in test-to-treat strategies

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03022-z To combat antimicrobial resistance, invest in test-to-treat strategies | Continue reading


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My identity was stolen by a predatory conference

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03024-x My identity was stolen by a predatory conference | Continue reading


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UN Pact for the Future: Scientists must step up to accelerate sustainability goals

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03021-0 UN Pact for the Future: Scientists must step up to accelerate sustainability goals | Continue reading


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Ultra-precise particle measurement thrills physicists: ‘The standard model is not dead’

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03042-9 CERN’s calculation of the W boson’s mass agrees with theory, contradicting a previous anomaly that had raised the possibility of new physics. | Continue reading


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A small fix to cut beer intake: downsize the pint

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02974-6 Total alcohol consumed fell at establishments in England that replaced the classic imperial pint with a two-thirds measure. | Continue reading


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Where did viruses come from? AlphaFold and other AIs are finding answers

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02970-w Protein structures predicted by artificial intelligence have charted the evolution of the virus family responsible for dengue and hepatitis C. | Continue reading


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Mosquito-borne diseases are surging in Europe — how worried are scientists?

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03031-y Diseases such as West Nile virus and dengue are becoming increasingly common as the insects that spread them move north. | Continue reading


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Daily briefing: Common diabetes drug slows monkey brain-ageing

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03034-9 A common diabetes drug slows monkey brain-ageing by the human equivalent of 18 years. Plus, research-integrity sleuths call out journals for ‘stealth corrections’ and a new commission convenes to protect … | Continue reading


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Forget ChatGPT: why researchers now run small AIs on their laptops

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02998-y Artificial-intelligence models are typically used online, but a host of openly available tools is changing that. Here’s how to get started with local AIs. | Continue reading


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The Burning Earth: how conquest and carnage have decimated landscapes worldwide

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02996-0 An epic exploration of human history examines how the poor and powerless have fought back — time and again — against those seeking to profit from the planet’s natural resources. | Continue reading


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When physicists strove for peace: past lessons for our uncertain times

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02997-z Can science be a route to peace and common understanding? A glance at the history of one institution shows: only when scientists actively commit to it. | Continue reading


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I fire darts at whales to help track their movements

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02999-x Yakamoz Kizildas collects the DNA of humpback whales to learn about their behaviour in the North Atlantic ocean. | Continue reading


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Islands are rich with languages spoken nowhere else

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02873-w Extremely remote islands are more likely than less isolated ones to have a high number of endemic languages. | Continue reading


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Plagued by mosquitoes? Try some bite-blocking fabrics

Nature, Published online: 13 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02875-8 Scientists create textiles with just the right weave and yarn to keep biting insects at bay. | Continue reading


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Academics say flying to meetings harms the climate — but they carry on

Nature, Published online: 13 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02965-7 A survey at one of the biggest UK research universities finds that staff often end up flying to meetings despite a preference to avoid air travel. | Continue reading


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Daily briefing: Why we choke under pressure

Nature, Published online: 13 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03028-7 How our neuron activity drops in high-stakes situations, meet the organizations fighting for Ukrainian science and discover a chatbot that can pop the conspiracy-thinking bubble. | Continue reading


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First private spacewalk a success! What the SpaceX mission means for science

Nature, Published online: 12 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02855-y The Polaris Dawn crew are testing a new spacesuit design and running 36 experiments while orbiting Earth. | Continue reading


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Daily briefing: No, Rapa Nui people didn’t destroy their island

Nature, Published online: 12 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02980-8 A controversial theory about Rapa Nui has been conclusively debunked. Plus, what Harris and Trump said about science in their debate and the reviewers churning out suspicious reviews for personal gain. | Continue reading


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Red light, green light: flickering fluorophores reveal biochemistry in cells

Nature, Published online: 12 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02964-8 A mysterious afterglow in a pandemic side project leads to a new method for observing proteins that interact in living cells. | Continue reading


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AI chatbot gets conspiracy theorists to question their convictions

Nature, Published online: 12 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02966-6 Large-language-model trial suggests facts and evidence really can change people’s minds. | Continue reading


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Weird signal that baffled seismologists traced to mega-landslide in Greenland

Nature, Published online: 12 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02969-3 Study of a reverberation that rang around the world reveals a new type of geological event fuelled by global warming. | Continue reading


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Brain region boosts avoidance of unpleasantness and pain — in mice

Nature, Published online: 12 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02876-7 Discovery could help to identify ways to prevent relapse into opioid usage. | Continue reading


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Why do we crumble under pressure? Science has the answer

Nature, Published online: 12 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02956-8 Study links this phenomenon to the brain region that controls movement. | Continue reading


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How we slashed our lab’s carbon footprint

Nature, Published online: 12 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02899-0 Jane Kilcoyne and colleagues took action after calculating that their biotoxin chemistry lab produced 4000 kilograms of waste per year, none of which was recyled. | Continue reading


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The brain aged more slowly in monkeys given a cheap diabetes drug

Nature, Published online: 12 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02938-w Daily dose of the common medication metformin preserved cognition and delayed decline of some tissues. | Continue reading


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The wake

Nature, Published online: 11 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02924-2 Family connections. | Continue reading


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Self-organized tissue mechanics underlie embryonic regulation

Nature, Published online: 11 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07934-8 Mechanical forces act at the core of bird embryonic self-organization, shaping both tissues and gene expression to robustly yet plastically canalize early development. | Continue reading


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Connectome-constrained networks predict neural activity across the fly visual system

Nature, Published online: 11 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07939-3 A study demonstrates how experimental measurements of only the connectivity of a biological neural network can be used to predict neural responses across the fly visual system at single-neuron resolution … | Continue reading


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Promotion of DNA end resection by BRCA1–BARD1 in homologous recombination

Nature, Published online: 11 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07910-2 Using highly purified protein factors, we provide evidence that BRCA1–BARD1 physically interacts with EXO1, BLM and WRN and upregulates the activity of all three resection pathways. | Continue reading


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The emerging view on the origin and early evolution of eukaryotic cells

Nature, Published online: 11 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07677-6 This Review summarizes key events in the emergence of cellular complexity via eukaryogenesis in the light of developments in environmental and comparative genomics during the past decade. | Continue reading


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Observing the two-dimensional Bose glass in an optical quasicrystal

Nature, Published online: 11 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07875-2 The two-dimensional Bose glass state of matter is realized experimentally using ultracold atoms in an eight-fold symmetric quasicrystalline optical lattice, and the phase transition between Bose glass and … | Continue reading


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Brain-wide dynamics linking sensation to action during decision-making

Nature, Published online: 11 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07908-w Brain-wide recordings in mice show that learning leads to sensory evidence integration in many brain areas simultaneously, allowing sensory input to drive global movement preparatory dynamics, which colla … | Continue reading


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Ultrahigh electromechanical response from competing ferroic orders

Nature, Published online: 11 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07917-9 Ultrahigh electromechanical response is accomplished by inducing extreme structural instability from competing antiferroelectric and ferroelectric orders. | Continue reading


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Genetic links between ovarian ageing, cancer risk and de novo mutation rates

Nature, Published online: 11 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07931-x Analyses focusing on protein-truncating variants from 106,973 women from in the UK Biobank identify variants in genes that reinforce the link between reproductive lifespan in women and cancer risk in both … | Continue reading


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