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how an Indigenous computer scientist is using AI to preserve threatened languages
Colleagues routinely describe Michael Running Wolf as someone who walks seamlessly between two worlds. As an artificial intelligence (AI) researcher…
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Why we need to measure people’s well-being — lessons from a global survey
Flourishing — a state in which all aspects of a person’s life are good — should be the goal of…
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Hundreds more NSF grants terminated after agency director resigns
Sethuraman Panchanathan resigned Thursday as director of the US National Science Foundation.Credit: Graeme Sloan/Sipa US/Alamy Fresh turmoil has hit the…
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Baffling chronic pain eases after doses of gut microbes
The micro-organisms living in the human gut can affect many biological functions, including pain perception.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library What…
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How India rewrote the rules of space travel when it launched its first satellite
The satellite, Aryabhata, provided a huge boost to India’s space programme.Credit: NASA/Alamy In the early hours of 19 April 1975,…
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Brand-new colour created by tricking human eyes with laser
Researchers used lasers to stimulate individual cone cells in the retina — leading to the perception of a completely new…
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palaeontologist, author and TV presenter who traced continents through fossils
The UK palaeontologist Richard Fortey — who spent his career at the Natural History Museum in London — was an…
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Nature’s guide to what’s next
Lawsuits against the US National Institutes of Health might end up at the Supreme Court.Credit: Tierney L Cross/AFP/Getty Threats to…
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A mental-health crisis plagues PhDs — these evidence-led initiatives offer help
Researchers have found that sharing experiences of mental-health struggles reduces stigma.Credit: Tempura/Getty In 2019, at a conference in Germany, Wendy…
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Obesity-drug pioneers and 13,508 physicists win US$3-million Breakthrough Prizes
The Breakthrough prize trophy’s design is inspired by imagery from science, including black holes, seashells and the structure of DNA.Credit:…
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