NATURE

Explore 2024 with Leif Penguinson

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a hero was born: Leif Penguinson, a Rockhopper penguin on a mission to…

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Are you what you eat? How food shapes self-image

For painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo in Vertumnus (1591), emperor Rudolf II was what he ate.Credit: Giuseppe Arcimboldo/Buyenlarge/Getty Eating and Being: A…

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Sci-fi icon Kim Stanley Robinson: ‘there’s so much bad fiction about anthropomorphizing AI’

Nature, Published online: 16 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04116-4 The influential writer talks about frighteningly accurate predictions, the creative act of reading,…

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Fasting can reduce weight — but also hair growth

Human hairs sprout from follicles, which contain stem cells that are sensitive to dietary changes (artificially coloured).Credit: Dr Keith Wheeler/SPL…

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How CRISPR patent issues block Indian farmers from accessing biotech benefits

Increasingly, agricultural scientists in Asia and Africa are using the gene-editing tool CRISPR to develop disease-resistant, high-yield crop varieties. Many,…

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Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID

Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli has presented evidence that her lab has not worked with close relatives of SARS-CoV-2.Credit: Johannes Eisele/AFP…

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How to ensure only dying cells rupture

NEWS AND VIEWS 04 December 2024 During some types of cell death, cells rupture to release molecules that cause inflammation.…

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Long orbit

Nature, Published online: 29 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03884-3 A change of course. Source link

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Raising a glass to the Four Friends Doing Science journal club

(Left to right) Miloš Tišma, Milica Jeličić, Jovana Kaljević, and Boris Stojilković, who all met at university, set up an…

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Forty years of crazy crystals

Nature, Published online: 25 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03772-w In 1984, scientists made a crystalline alloy that had a seemingly impossible arrangement…

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