The climate-crusading lawyer who sued Switzerland over global warming — and won

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03897-y Cordelia Bähr is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2024. | Continue reading


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This PhD student helped to win a major pay hike for Canadian researchers

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03892-3 Kaitlin Kharas is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2024. | Continue reading


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How fast is the Universe expanding? This astronomer took cosmology closer to an answer

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03899-w Wendy Freedman is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2024. | Continue reading


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This fearless science sleuth risked her career to expose publication fraud

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03894-1 Anna Abalkina is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2024. | Continue reading


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The revolutionary economist who became the unlikely leader of Bangladesh

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03896-z Muhammad Yunus is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2024. | Continue reading


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Father time: the physicist on a mission to build the world’s first nuclear clock

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03891-4 Ekkehard Peik is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2024. | Continue reading


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This doctor raised the alarm about a deadly mpox outbreak that went global

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03900-6 Placide Mbala is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2024. | Continue reading


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AI weatherman: the DeepMind researcher making faster, more accurate forecasts

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03898-x Rémi Lam is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2024. | Continue reading


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The first rocks from the Moon’s far side are in this geologist’s hands

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03893-2 Li Chunlai is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2024. | Continue reading


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Nature’s 10: ten people who helped shape science in 2024

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03890-5 A fraud buster, a nuclear-clock maker and a virus hunter. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for this year’s Nature’s 10. | Continue reading


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JWST sighting of decameter main-belt asteroids and view on meteorite sources

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08480-z JWST sighting of decameter main-belt asteroids and view on meteorite sources | Continue reading


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A framework for neural organoids, assembloids and transplantation studies

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08487-6 A framework for neural organoids, assembloids and transplantation studies | Continue reading


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Quantum error correction below the surface code threshold

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08449-y Quantum error correction below the surface code threshold | Continue reading


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How fast is your brain ageing? Proteins in blood offer clues

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04055-0 Biomarkers could monitor ageing in the brain, revealing ways to treat dementia and other age-related brain disorders. | Continue reading


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Money for nothing: Books in brief

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03992-0 Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks. | Continue reading


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‘There will be nothing left’: researchers fear collapse of science in Argentina

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03994-y One year into President Javier Milei's presidency, scientists are exiting the country in the face of big budget cuts. | Continue reading


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Publishers are selling papers to train AIs — and making millions of dollars

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04018-5 Generative-AI models require massive amounts of data — scholarly publishers are licensing their content to train them. | Continue reading


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Will humans ever speak wolf? A scientist unravels the complexities of animal chatter

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03937-7 Zoologist Arik Kershenbaum joins us to talk about his book Why Animals Talk. | Continue reading


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Human body's ageing ‘clock’ ticks faster after heat stress

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04007-8 Preliminary study suggests possible link between long-term heat exposure and molecular markers of ageing. | Continue reading


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What's next for Syria's science: a view from Nature's reporter who was a refugee

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04056-z Syria may now have an opportunity to rebuild its scientific community, says Miryam Naddaf who fled her country a decade ago. | Continue reading


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Bad bar charts are pervasive across biology

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03996-w Scientific ‘shorthand’ could be introducing data distortions into published papers. | Continue reading


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Richard Dawkins’s book of the dead is haunted by ghosts of past works

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03991-1 The Oxford ethologist offers glimpses of evolutionary history — but plays it too safe. | Continue reading


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I work to protect South Korea’s people against earthquakes

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03997-9 Jeong-Sik Oh hikes to find hidden fault lines, with the help of drones, aircraft and laser technologies. | Continue reading


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A 60-minute guide to landing your next job in science

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03938-6 A live webinar including practical tips on networking, cover letters and interview behaviours is now available to view on demand. | Continue reading


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Daily briefing: Bird flu: the state of H5N1 avian influenza risk

Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04075-w We meet 10 remarkable people who shaped science in 2024 and learn what we need to know about H5N1 avian influenza. | Continue reading


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Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03982-2 Shi Zhengli, the virologist at centre of COVID lab-leak theory, reveals coronavirus sequences from Wuhan institute. | Continue reading


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Andrew V. Schally obituary: Nobel prizewinner who transformed cancer therapies with research into brain hormones

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04047-0 Endocrinologist whose insight into how the brain controls the endocrine system shaped our understanding of bodily functions. | Continue reading


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Loose ends

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04022-9 Course correction. | Continue reading


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More-powerful AI is coming. Academia and industry must oversee it — together

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03911-3 AI companies want to give machines human-level intelligence, or AGI. The safest and best results will come when academic and industry scientists collaborate to guide its development. | Continue reading


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A science mega-programme is taking shape in the EU: what it means for researchers

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04017-6 A new research commissioner will help to build the European Union’s next massive science scheme — with a renewed focus on innovation. | Continue reading


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Author Correction: Global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08481-y Author Correction: Global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions | Continue reading


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Publisher Correction: Spatially restricted immune and microbiota-driven adaptation of the gut

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08446-1 Publisher Correction: Spatially restricted immune and microbiota-driven adaptation of the gut | Continue reading


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Ancient stacks of dishes tell tale of society’s dissolution

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03977-z Artefacts from a Mesopotamian archaeological site suggest that people in the region founded and later rejected an early form of the organized state. | Continue reading


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Daily briefing: Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID

Nature, Published online: 06 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04053-2 We consider fresh data released by the virologist at the centre of COVID-19 ‘lab leak’ claims and discover that breast-cancer cells are more susceptible to chemotherapy at certain points in the menstrual c … | Continue reading


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Microbiome interventions for children raise the ethical stakes

Nature, Published online: 05 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03971-5 Physicians are voicing concerns about a lack of regulation and the risks of parents taking matters into their own hands. | Continue reading


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What if everyone had masked up? Analysis of app data has an answer

Nature, Published online: 05 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03976-0 Modelling study based on almost 250,000 positive COVID-19 tests in the United Kingdom shows that universal masking could have cut transmission markedly. | Continue reading


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Has Venus ever had an ocean? Its volcanoes hint at an answer

Nature, Published online: 05 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03954-6 Chemistry of the planet’s atmosphere suggests that its interior has never held water. | Continue reading


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Pregnancy restructures the brain to prepare for childbirth and parenthood

Nature, Published online: 05 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03942-w A case study has revealed widespread changes to the maternal brain during pregnancy. This is a milestone in the emerging neuroscience of ‘matrescence’ — the idea that pregnancy is a developmental stage in … | Continue reading


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Daily briefing: Stress-induced joylessness leaves a distinct mark on the brain

Nature, Published online: 05 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04025-6 A distinct brain signature could be behind a hallmark symptom of depression. Plus, we explore how artificial intelligence is powering research. | Continue reading


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Science could solve some of the world’s biggest problems. Why aren’t governments using it?

Nature, Published online: 04 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03906-0 A Nature global survey finds that most specialists are unhappy with systems to provide science advice to policymakers. | Continue reading


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Advising governments about science is essential but difficult. So train people to do it

Nature, Published online: 04 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03910-4 A great scientist doesn’t necessarily make an effective science adviser — but schooling and practice can help to bridge the gap. | Continue reading


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Banish the PDF-hunting blues with these AI and digital tools

Nature, Published online: 04 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03775-7 Ten years in the making, Candice P. Chu’s workflow takes some of the pain out of reference management. | Continue reading


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Sick animals suggest COVID pandemic started in Wuhan market

Nature, Published online: 04 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03968-0 A preliminary analysis takes a closer look at genomic data collected at the market. | Continue reading


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Abundant plant gas forms aerosol particles at high altitude — and could affect the climate

Nature, Published online: 04 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03844-x Aerial observations and experiments with a simulated atmosphere show that isoprene, a gas emitted by trees, is a precursor of particles in the upper atmosphere. The findings could help to improve climate p … | Continue reading


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Ageing of stem cells reduces their capacity to form tumours

Nature, Published online: 04 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03721-7 The discovery that the ageing of lung stem cells drives iron insufficiency and reduces the capacity of the cells to form tumours has potential implications for the treatment of cancer and for regenerative … | Continue reading


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The liver converts fructose into lipids to fuel tumours

Nature, Published online: 04 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03653-2 Fructose aids tumour growth, but cancer cells usually lack the enzymes needed to metabolize this sugar. The liver converts dietary fructose to lipids that enter the blood, and cancer cells use the lipids t … | Continue reading


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Fragments of the brain’s myelin proteins train T cells to ward off autoimmune attacks

Nature, Published online: 04 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03846-9 The discovery that peptides from myelin proteins in the brain help the immune system’s T cells to suppress autoimmunity could pave the way to developing therapies for inflammatory brain diseases. | Continue reading


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DeepMind AI weather forecaster beats world-class system

Nature, Published online: 04 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03957-3 Artificial-intelligence model provides forecasts 15 days out, as well as the probability of accuracy. And it does so faster than the best operational model. | Continue reading


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