NATURE
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Will the Gates Foundation’s preprint-centric policy help open access?
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s top biomedical research funders, will from next year require grant…
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How synthetic biologists are building better biofactories
Scientists have used microorganisms to produce beneficial chemicals for decades. By providing the microbes with enzymes and metabolic pathways, researchers…
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is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?
Social-media platforms aren’t always social.Credit: Getty The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of…
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Deep-sea mining plans should not be rushed
Giant excavators for use in deep-sea mining must stay parked for now.Credit: Nigel Roddis/Reuters For more than a week, representatives…
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what it means for the future
A pig kidney is unpacked for transplant into 62-year-old Richard Slayman of Massachusetts.Credit: Massachusetts General Hospital Early success in the…
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Planet-eating stars hint at hidden chaos in the Milky Way
A star in the process of consuming a planet (artist’s conception).Credit: NG Images/Alamy Stellar detectives have identified seven stars that…
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what I learnt from using a time-tracking spreadsheet
By monitoring where she spent her time, Megan Rogers could improve her working hours and track her achievements.Credit: Getty Starting…
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Do black holes explode? The 50-year-old puzzle that challenges quantum physics
In hindsight, it seems prophetic that the title of a Nature paper published on 1 March 1974 ended with a…
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This geologist communicates science from the ski slopes
Karin Kirk skiing.Credit: Chris Kerr Karin Kirk is a freelance science journalist who has built a career on icy ground.…
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Workplaces are failing Black women; they must do better
As an academic who studies social policy and race, I was not surprised to learn of the resignation of Claudine…
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