To explain biological sex, look to evolution

Nature, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02248-1 To explain biological sex, look to evolution | Continue reading


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Regulate to protect fragile Antarctic ecosystems from growing tourism

Nature, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02250-7 Regulate to protect fragile Antarctic ecosystems from growing tourism | Continue reading


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More studies needed on how climate change affects exercise health benefits

Nature, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02249-0 More studies needed on how climate change affects exercise health benefits | Continue reading


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How PhD students and other academics are fighting the mental-health crisis in science

Nature, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02225-8 Universities and institutions across the globe are exploring unique initiatives to help their students and staff cope with the stress of research. | Continue reading


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Daily briefing: 15-minute reaction turns old clothes into useful molecules

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02269-w A chemical-processing technique breaks down polyester fabrics, the world’s oldest inhabited termite mounds and a COVID tsar is named UK science minister. | Continue reading


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ITER delay: what it means for nuclear fusion

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02247-2 The world’s biggest fusion-energy experiment is likely to be beaten to its goals by other projects — but the massive reactor still has value, say scientists. | Continue reading


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Ex-Meta scientists debut gigantic AI protein design model

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02214-x EvolutionaryScale’s protein language model — among the largest AI models in biology — has created new fluorescent proteins and won big investment. | Continue reading


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Hydrogen sulfide and metal-enriched atmosphere for a Jupiter-mass exoplanet

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07760-y Hydrogen sulfide and metal-enriched atmosphere for a Jupiter-mass exoplanet | Continue reading


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Pathogenicity and transmissibility of bovine H5N1 influenza virus

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07766-6 Pathogenicity and transmissibility of bovine H5N1 influenza virus | Continue reading


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Two-dimensional Perovskitoids Enhance Stability in Perovskite Solar Cells

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07764-8 Two-dimensional Perovskitoids Enhance Stability in Perovskite Solar Cells | Continue reading


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Can AI be superhuman? Flaws in top gaming bot casts doubt

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02218-7 Building robust AI systems that always outperform people might be harder than thought, say researchers who studied Go-playing bots. | Continue reading


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COVID tsar Patrick Vallance appointed UK science minister

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02261-4 Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer has placed several experts who aren’t politicians into government posts. | Continue reading


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Why I work to revive the Tasmanian tiger

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02228-5 Andrew Pask develops genetic sequencing techniques for marsupials — including an apex predator that was hunted to death in the twentieth century. | Continue reading


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How can I break into industry if my CV keeps disappearing into a black hole?

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02203-0 An application needs to stand out from the crowd and avoid being filtered out by automated hiring systems. Nature spoke to industry experts to get their tips on how to make sure your CV gets seen. | Continue reading


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Scientists relieved by far-right defeat in French election — but they still face uncertainty

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02260-5 With no party winning an outright majority, the vote’s implications for research are unclear. | Continue reading


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How conspiracies took root in our culture

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02226-7 UFO hunters and anti-vaxxers might seem like modern phenomena, but they both take inspiration from a little-known anti-science movement. | Continue reading


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Harrowing trends: how endangered-species researchers find hope in the dark

Nature, Published online: 08 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02205-y When data collection can be damaging, conservation scientists must balance ethical trade-offs between interference and inaction. | Continue reading


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Daily briefing: Spinal fluid causes aural migraine pain, suggests research in mice

Nature, Published online: 05 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02257-0 Brain activity heralded by blind spots, flashes and other migraine ‘auras’ seems to trigger a change in cerebrospinal fluid. Plus, a ‘frog sauna’ protects against killer fungal disease and the benefits of full … | Continue reading


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Kyoto review: ‘thrilling’ play shows fight for landmark climate treaty

Nature, Published online: 05 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02251-6 Drama behind the scenes at the Kyoto Protocol negotiations is laid bare in a major theatrical production. | Continue reading


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“Who am I if not a scientist?” How to find identity in retirement

Nature, Published online: 05 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02246-3 How do scientists define themselves when they leave paid employment after an all-consuming career in academic research? | Continue reading


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UK election: scientists welcome Labour’s landslide win

Nature, Published online: 05 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02219-6 Struggling universities should be near the top of the new government’s agenda, say researchers. | Continue reading


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What causes migraines? Study of ‘brain blackout’ offers clues

Nature, Published online: 05 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02222-x The blinding headaches are poorly understood — a mouse study suggests that the content of spinal fluid is a trigger for pain. | Continue reading


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Blooming plants and sunken cities, Books in brief

Nature, Published online: 05 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02220-z Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks. | Continue reading


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Publisher Correction: Mental navigation in the primate entorhinal cortex

Nature, Published online: 04 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07737-x Publisher Correction: Mental navigation in the primate entorhinal cortex | Continue reading


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Author Correction: The evolution of lung cancer and impact of subclonal selection in TRACERx

Nature, Published online: 04 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07738-w Author Correction: The evolution of lung cancer and impact of subclonal selection in TRACERx | Continue reading


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‘Chemical recycling’: 15-minute reaction turns old clothes into useful molecules

Nature, Published online: 04 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02210-1 Fast fashion creates millions of tonnes of waste each year — could clever chemistry help to tackle the problem? | Continue reading


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Give UK science the overhaul it urgently needs

Nature, Published online: 04 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02197-9 Five scholars share their science-policy priorities for the incoming government as it faces urgent challenges in tackling climate change, health, inequality and more. | Continue reading


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Faecal transplants can treat some cancers — but probably won’t ever be widely used

Nature, Published online: 04 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02212-z Gut microbiota could be crucial to the success or failure of immunotherapy. Donated stool might give oncologists a way to tip the balance, but the real excitement lies in what comes next. | Continue reading


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Author Correction: A high-performance neuroprosthesis for speech decoding and avatar control

Nature, Published online: 04 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07735-z Author Correction: A high-performance neuroprosthesis for speech decoding and avatar control | Continue reading


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‘All things that wander in the heavens’: how I swapped my ivory tower for the world of science fiction

Nature, Published online: 04 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02211-0 Astrobiologist and writer Seven Rasmussen reflects on the craft and complexities of being a scientist-storyteller. | Continue reading


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How do you make salty water drinkable? The hunt for fresh solutions to a briny problem

Nature, Published online: 04 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02073-6 Unconventional methods for desalination could create more drinking water, help many industries to deal with problematic brines and increase lithium supplies for batteries. | Continue reading


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Japan’s scientists demand more money for basic science

Nature, Published online: 04 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00942-8 Petition representing hundreds of thousands of researchers in Japan calls for an increase in cash to boost competitiveness. | Continue reading


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Daily briefing: Heavy-lift rocket restores Europe’s access to space

Nature, Published online: 04 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02240-9 After years of delays, Europe’s heavy-lift launcher Ariane 6 is scheduled for an inaugural flight next week. Plus, mysterious ancient humans hunted hyenas to thrive on top of the world and how individual brain … | Continue reading


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Fake jewellery from the Stone Age looks like the real deal

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02139-5 ‘Amber’ beads dating to the Neolithic period, lasting from the fifth to the third millennium BC, are actually mollusc shells coated with resin and natural pigments. | Continue reading


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Author Correction: Chemoproteomic discovery of a covalent allosteric inhibitor of WRN helicase

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07595-7 Author Correction: Chemoproteomic discovery of a covalent allosteric inhibitor of WRN helicase | Continue reading


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Observation of the scaling dimension of fractional quantum Hall anyons

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07727-z Observation of the scaling dimension of fractional quantum Hall anyons | Continue reading


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Geographical migration and fitness dynamics of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07626-3 Mathematical modelling of 15 years of data from South Africa reveals the spread and vaccine-driven changes in fitness and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae. | Continue reading


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Electron holography observation of individual ferrimagnetic lattice planes

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07673-w The magnetic fields of an individual lattice plane inside materials with a non-uniform structure were observed under magnetic-field-free conditions by electron holography. | Continue reading


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Expanding chemistry through in vitro and in vivo biocatalysis

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07506-w This Review considers developments in enzymes, biosynthetic pathways and cellular engineering that enable their use in catalysis for new chemistry and beyond. | Continue reading


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Molecular definition of the endogenous Toll-like receptor signalling pathways

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07614-7 Myddosomes, in which MyD88 forms barrel-like scaffold structures for effector protein recruitment and activation, contain proteins that act at all stages and regulate all effector responses of the TLR signalli … | Continue reading


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Giant stem tetrapod was apex predator in Gondwanan late Palaeozoic ice age

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07572-0 A study describes a new giant stem tetrapod, Gaiasia jennyae, from high-palaeolatitude early Permian-aged deposits in Namibia that challenges current hypotheses of early tetrapod evolution. | Continue reading


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Human degradation of tropical moist forests is greater than previously estimated

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07629-0 A global survey on the magnitude and persistence of moist forest cover change and canopy height following degradation using satellite remote sensing data finds that the effects are substantial and persist for … | Continue reading


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Targeting pericentric non-consecutive motifs for heterochromatin initiation

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07640-5 Zinc-finger proteins ZNF512 and ZNF512B are shown to target pericentric DNA through a conserved mechanism that depends on their atypical long linkers, providing insight into how constitutive heterochromatin fo … | Continue reading


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Narrative cave art in Indonesia by 51,200 years ago

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07541-7 A cave art scene at Leang Karampuang, Indonesia, dated to at least 51,200 years ago using laser-ablation uranium-series imaging, depicts human-like figures interacting with a pig. | Continue reading


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Spike deep mutational scanning helps predict success of SARS-CoV-2 clades

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07636-1 Pseudovirus-based SARS-CoV-2 spike deep mutational scanning is used to measure how mutations across the spikes affect ACE2 binding, cell entry or escape from human sera, producing data that could enable better … | Continue reading


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Dirac mass induced by optical gain and loss

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07664-x By using a photonic synthetic lattice, it can be experimentally demonstrated that Dirac masses can be induced by means of non-Hermitian perturbations based on optical gain and loss. | Continue reading


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Evidence of striped electronic phases in a structurally modulated superlattice

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07589-5 Evidence of modulated metallic and superconducting states stemming from an incommensurate structural stripe motif is reported in the bulk van der Waals superlattice SrTa2S5. | Continue reading


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Inhibition of M. tuberculosis and human ATP synthase by BDQ and TBAJ-587

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07605-8 Cryogenic electron microscopy structures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ATP synthase and human ATP synthase bound to the anti-tuberculosis drug bedaquiline or its analogue TBAJ-587 shed light on drug binding an … | Continue reading


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