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Smoking bans are coming: what does the evidence say?
Countries are cracking down on tobacco use and vaping — the laws could save thousands of lives and billions of dollars, say scientists. registration...
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Hurricane Hunters Reveal Just How Deadly Hurricane Milton Was Before It Made Landfall
The National Weather Service In Florida Is Now Monitoring A New Potential Hurricane Threat "AL94" AL94 can potentially turn westward into the path of...
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How to tame a toxic yet life-saving antifungal
Researchers modify drug to prevent kidney damage, and the mystery of the phosphorus at the Milky Way’s edge. Download the Nature Podcast 08 November...
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David Suzuki Warns We Are on a Path to Environmental Self-Destruction
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India Is Taking On The Challenge To Save Himalayan Glaciers – OpEd
In the vast expanse of north India, with population that surpasses those of Europe and United Kingdom combined, the scenario is grim and foreboding....
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Claimed superconductor LK-99 is an online sensation — but replication efforts fall short
Social media is abuzz with chatter about the material, but some scientists are pushing back on the hype. Dan Garisto A South Korean team’s...
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Weird signal that baffled seismologists traced to mega-landslide in Greenland
Study of a reverberation that rang around the world reveals a new type of geological event fuelled by global warming. Jeff Tollefson On 16 September...
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How understudied endometriosis causes pain for hundreds of millions of women
But drugs used to treat migraines in people reduced painful lesions in mice. Get to know us The French National Research Institute for Agriculture,...
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Daily briefing: Zircons rewrite history of plate tectonics
Unbelievably ancient crystals suggest plate tectonics started earlier than we thought. Plus, the little-known anti-science movement that spawned a...
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The Plight of the Vaquita' Against Extinction
The vaquita, a small porpoise species, is on the brink of extinction. This marine mammal is the smallest of all living cetaceans, found exclusively...
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13 memorable and metal Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners
A curious leopard seal, a big cat chilling like a house cat, and a hawk's evening meal. In a village where forests once grew, a...
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Neanderthals may have eaten maggots as part of their diet
Neanderthals were hypercarnivores at the top of the food chain, eating as much meat as hyenas and cave lions. Or at least many researchers have...
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Fossilized poo and vomit show how dinosaurs rose to rule Earth
Analysis of 200-million-year-old digested foods reveals how the animals became dominant. Helena Kudiabor Faeces and vomit fossils from dinosaurs reveal...
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Daily briefing: The brickbats hurled at scientists researching tobacco’s harms
The science behind urban firestorms, and how to fight them. Plus, how public-health researchers are targeted for focusing on tobacco, alcohol and...
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DeepMind hits milestone in solving maths problems — AI’s next grand challenge
AlphaProof showed its prowess on questions from this year’s Mathematical Olympiad — a step in the race to create substantial proofs with artificial...
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‘Breakthrough’ stem-cell patches strengthened a woman’s failing heart
Grafting patches of lab-grown muscle to the surface of the heart could offer a lifeline for people waiting for a transplant. Miryam Naddaf Researchers...
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These crows have counting skills previously only seen in people
The corvids are the first animals other than humans known to produce a deliberate number of calls on command. Mariana Lenharo Mariana Lenharo is a...
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Killer Whales Sink $ 128K Yacht In Terrifying Attack: "They Knew How To Sink It"
One yacht owner had a terrifying ordeal at sea when a pod of killer whales attacked and ended up sinking his boat to the bottom...
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Russian Moon lander crash — what happened, and what’s next?
The Luna 25 mission has ended in failure, raising major questions about the future of Russia’s space program. A unique four-year program that lets you...
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WHO’s first traditional medicine summit splits opinions
The World Health Organization says the world-first summit will take an evidence-based approach — some are sceptical that much progress will be...
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nature
10 Animals with the Coolest Looks
Welcome to our list of the top 10 coolest-looking animals! These creatures are not only unique in appearance but also possess exceptional qualities...
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Google AI predicts long-term climate trends and weather — in minutes
Models that are more reliable and less energy-intensive could help us to better prepare for extreme weather. Helena Kudiabor A computer model that...
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Is ChatGPT corrupting peer review? Telltale words hint at AI use
A study of review reports identifies dozens of adjectives that could indicate text written with the help of chatbots. Dalmeet Singh Chawla A study that...
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nature
Daily briefing: A checklist for AI consciousness
How will we know if an artificial intelligence becomes conscious? Plus, hear from a scientist who weathered accusations of research misconduct and...
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How CRISPR could yield the next blockbuster crop
Scientists are attempting to rapidly domesticate wild plant species by editing specific genes, but they face major technical challenges — and...
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Exclusive: These universities have the most retracted scientific articles
A first-of-its-kind analysis by Nature reveals which institutions are retraction hotspots. Two days before the end of 2021, administrators at Jining...
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Dark energy is tearing the Universe apart. What if the force is weakening?
The first set of results from a pioneering cosmic-mapping project hints that the repulsive force known as dark energy has changed over 11 billion...
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Monster Anaconda Discovered in Brazil
Imagine a massive snake that could swallow a human with enough strength to easily crush bones. Such a creature might seem like a figment of...
animalsaroundtheglobe.com
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Daily briefing: If you do research and don’t publish it, is it science?
Tech heavyweights brawl over whether research needs to be published to count as science. Plus, the first recipient of a gene-edited pig liver is...
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China has a list of suspect journals and it’s just been updated
Nature talks to the librarian behind China’s Early Warning Journal List about how it is compiled each year. Smriti Mallapaty China has updated its...
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'This doesn't just fall on women': computer scientists reflect on gender biases in STEM
Two researchers share their experiences and discuss the inequalities that impact women in the computer sciences. Download the Nature Podcast 10 October...
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Scientific sleuths spot dishonest ChatGPT use in papers
Manuscripts that don’t disclose AI assistance are slipping past peer reviewers. Gemma Conroy On 9 August, the journal Physica Scripta published a paper...
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Daily briefing: What’s causing a pneumonia surge in China
A spike in respiratory illnesses in children is the result of common winter infections — not a novel pathogen. Plus, how to stop waves in their...
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Second malaria vaccine to win global approval is cheaper and easier to make
The World Health Organization has recommended a shot called R21 to prevent the disease in children. The World Health Organization (WHO) has endorsed a...
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Physicists who built ultrafast ‘attosecond’ lasers win Nobel Prize
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier receive award for ultra-short pulses of light, which have enabled the close study of...
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Hello puffins, goodbye belugas: changing Arctic fjord hints at our climate future
Stunning images show an ecosystem’s upheaval as it warms at an alarming pace. Tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Southern...
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Population of nearly extinct lizard grows 16X in only six years
'This is a remarkable turnaround for this cheeky and charismatic lizard.’ A nearly-extinct Caribbean reptile is showing signs of a comeback following years of conservation...
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nature
'My two favourite animals are sheep and wolves'. In Portugal’s Montesinho, shepherds peacefully coexist alongside wolves
Whilst Europe grapples with how to deal with growing wolf populations, this mountainous region of Portugal has coexisted with the predators for centuries. "My two...
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Daily briefing: The decimal point is 150 years older than we thought
Oldest known decimal point discover by historian while teaching at maths camp. Plus, survey of human diversity yields millions of undiscovered...
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Daily briefing: Could these ‘leopard spots’ hint at ancient life on Mars?
Tiny spots discovered in a rock on Mars could be signs of microbes that once lived on the red planet. Plus: The brain cells that...
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Earth breaches 1.5 °C climate limit for the first time : what does it mean?
The threshold has been exceeded for only one year so far, but humanity is nearing the end of what many thought was a ‘safe zone’...
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Daily briefing: Why kids need to take more risks: science reveals the benefits of adventurous play
We learn that lead in the air of ancient Rome might have lowered IQs and discover why children need risky play. Can AI help us...
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COVID’s toll on the brain: new clues emerge
A leaky blood–brain barrier and inflammation might account for some of the cognitive symptoms of COVID-19. Claudia López Lloreda Loss of smell,...
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AI writes summaries of preprints in bioRxiv trial
Large language model creates synopses of papers aimed at various reading levels to help scientists sift through the literature. Ewen Callaway Earlier...
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Animals succeed in solving major problem where scientists had failed: 'It's just incredible'
California's sea otters have become surprising environmental champions by tackling a destructive invasive species wreaking havoc in Elkhorn Slough....
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nature
The Sun Could Enter An Even More Dangerous Phase Than Solar Maximum
Like the other celestial bodies in our solar system and beyond, humans have been studying the sun for thousands of years. Scientists can now track...
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‘Unconventional’ nickel superconductor excites physicists
Compounds called nickelates can conduct electricity without resistance, well above absolute zero and at ambient pressure. A new family of...
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nature
Migraine is more than a headache — a radical rethink offers hope to one billion people
Drugs that can prevent or relieve migraine attacks are only effective for some people. Research is starting to untangle the reasons why. Andrea West...
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nature
Citations show gender bias — and the reasons are surprising
Gender bias in paper citations is less common among younger scientists, but it still plays a part in making women’s research less visible. Anil...
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Microbiologists at COP28 push for a seat at the climate-policy table
At this week’s big climate summit and beyond, scientists are campaigning for microbes to be included in climate models and solutions. Katherine Bourzac...
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