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The 15 Most Venomous Animals in the USA: Which One Is the Deadliest?
Get ready to count down the USA’s most venomous creatures, ranked from potent to downright deadly! From silent-striking snakes to stealthy sea...
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Rare footage of lost anglerfish awes internet, raising questions about ocean conservation
The latest animal to go viral isn’t a baby hippo or newborn tapir or anything that cute really: it’s a humpback anglerfish (Melanocetus...
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Daily briefing: Mathematicians have described a new class of shape: soft cells
Straightforward solutions to antimicrobial resistance could avert millions of deaths. Plus, Three Mile Island nuclear plant will be restarted to...
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What the India election means for science
With voting about to start in India’s general election, some researchers are concerned that sluggish funding growth and slow decision-making...
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Glow way! Bioluminescent houseplant hits US market for first time
Engineered petunia emits a continuous green glow thanks to genes from a light-up mushroom. Katherine Bourzac Consumers in the United States can now...
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The Smallest Mammal on Earth Is the Size of a Bumblebee
In the vast realm of the animal kingdom, where size often defines awe, there lies a creature so small and enchanting that it rivals the...
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Greenland’s massive ice sheet is melting — here’s how to save it
The ice sheet could experience runaway melting if the world overshoots climate targets, but even then quick action could stabilize it. Greenland’s...
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The last straw for sea turtles | Opinion
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Robot chemist sparks row with claim it created new materials
Researchers question whether an AI-controlled lab assistant actually made any novel substances. An autonomous laboratory assistant that uses...
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Mount Etna’s spectacular smoke rings and more — April’s best science images
A long way down. For the first time , fledging emperor penguin chicks (Aptenodytes forsteri) have been filmed leaping into the ocean from the top of...
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How welcome are refugees in Europe? A giant study has some answers
A survey of 33,000 Europeans suggests overall support towards refugees has slightly increased, and how to get shapes to roll down wiggly paths using...
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Organoids grown from amniotic fluid could shed light on rare diseases
Organ- like groups of cells can be grown from amniotic fluid samples and offer hope for studying congenital conditions. Lilly Tozer Cells taken from the...
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How ChatGPT and other AI tools could disrupt scientific publishing
A world of AI-assisted writing and reviewing might transform the nature of the scientific paper. For professors and assistant professor...
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Moment Horse Brothers Remember Each Other After Being Apart for Years Is Incredible
Sep 4, 2024 10:15 AM EDT Reunions are always sweet, whether it's between people, dogs and soldiers, or animals that have been apart for a very long...
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Daily briefing: The desperate race to use CRISPR to cure a rare neurodegenerative disease
Lessons for the messy state of modern drug development from researchers’ fight to save one young woman. Plus, what spaceflight does to your body and...
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Doctors cured her sickle-cell disease. So why is she still in pain?
Gene and cell therapies bring fresh hope to people with genetic disorders, but recovery can be complex and long-term support remains sparse. For most...
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Crows Are Even Smarter Than We Thought
Crows and ravens, which belong to the corvid family, are known for their high intelligence, playful natures, and strong personalities. They hold...
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Right- or left-handed? Protein in embryo cells might help decide
Gene that codes for structural protein could determine the dominant side of the human brain. Sumeet Kulkarni To what extent do genes determine how you...
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The Smartest Birds in the World (And What Makes Them So Clever) - BirdWatching
We have all seen YouTube videos of birds doing something clever, from displacing water, to using tools to extract a treat. All birds are fascinating...
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Interstellar Cloud May Have Triggered Last Ice Age
The cloud could have shrunken the heliosphere and exposed Earth to interstellar space. The world is coping with the effects of a warming climate, but...
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Audio long read: Chimpanzees are dying from our colds — these scientists are trying to save them
Endangered apes are increasingly being put at risk by human diseases. Download the 26 February long read podcast The phenomenon of animals catching...
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The Northern Lights Could Be Visible from Almost Every State Tonight
A strong geomagnetic storm is expected to hit on October 10. My fellow space enthusiasts, you better brace yourselves: Tonight could be one for the...
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Federal Protection Proposed For Giant Salamanders Older Than Dinosaurs
Federal protection has been proposed for a giant salamander that is older than dinosaurs. If protection is granted, then all species of the...
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The decimal point is 150 years older than historians thought
Origin of the powerful calculation tool traced back to a mathematician from the Italian Renaissance. Jo Marchant Jo Marchant is a freelance science...
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This is what Earth’s continents will look like in 250 million years
Only a fraction of the planet’s surface will be habitable to mammals when the next supercontinent, Pangaea Ultima, forms. Jonathan O'Callaghan Up to...
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AI & robotics briefing: Can AI’s bias problem be fixed?
Researchers argue for more transparency to remove the biases that plague image generators. Plus, Nvidia’s new ‘superchip’ promises AI performance and...
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Dutch Photographer Roosmarijn Bruijns Captures Beautiful Photos of Birds in Their Natural Habitat
Roosmarijn Bruijns, often referred to as "Roos," is a talented Dutch photographer with a deep passion for capturing the beauty of birds in their...
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How much energy does it take to make a baby? Researchers are rethinking what they know
Across the animal kingdom, models have vastly underestimated the energy costs of reproduction. Job Title: News Intern, Nature News Location:...
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How does the brain react to birth control? A researcher scanned herself 75 time s to find out
Extensive scans reveal rhythmic changes in the brain throughout the menstrual cycle and while on the pill. Max Kozlov Chicago, Illinois Access...
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Daily briefing: ChatGPT use makes a mockery of grant applications
What’s the point of asking scientists to write documents that can be easily created with AI? Plus, the Psyche mission begins its journey to...
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Daily briefing: Why obesity researchers want to move beyond BMI
A growing movement is pushing to go beyond body mass index as a diagnostic test for obesity. Plus, samples from asteroid Bennu are rich in...
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Daily briefing: Severe COVID linked to bad fungal microbiome
An imbalance of fungi in the gut could contribute to excessive inflammation in people with severe COVID-19. Plus, mummified mice reveal mammals’...
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Daily briefing: Why women were deliberately infected with Zika
The first study to deliberately infect people with Zika virus suggests that this strategy could help to test vaccines. Plus, a gigantic plan to link...
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COVID infection risk rises the longer you are exposed — even for vaccinated people
Rigorous evidence shows that significant contact with a person with SARS-CoV-2 is more likely to lead to transmission than a short encounter....
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Super-precise CRISPR tool enters US clinical trials for the first time
Base editing, which makes specific changes to a cell’s genome, is put to the test in CAR-T-cell treatments for leukaemia. Heidi Ledford A...
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Heroic Elephant Tries to Rescue Rhino from Lions
In the heart of Etosha National Park, an extraordinary scene unfolded, captured by one lucky witness, Kim Hathway. It was a day of unexpected drama,...
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Biggest-ever AI biology model writes DNA on demand
An artificial-intelligence network trained on a vast trove of sequence data is a step towards designing completely new genomes. Scientists today...
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Daily briefing: Meet the scientists who edit Wikipedia
Which universities top the retraction chart? Plus, meet the scientists editing Wikipedia in their spare time . Unusual superconductor excites physicists...
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‘Orangutan, heal thyself’: First wild animal seen using medicinal plant
The Sumatran orangutan used a plant known to humans for its medicinal qualities. We are pleased to announce that Stanford Radiology has opened a broad...
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What were some of the biggest stories of 2023? Join us for the Nature Podcast quiz!
In a game of twenty questions our contestants stretch their memories to remember some of the science stories that made headlines this year. In this...
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‘A Pandora’s box’: map of protein-structure families delights scientists
Never- before-seen forms and unexpected connections between proteins revealed by analysis of their shapes. The American Association of Immunologists...
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Daily briefing: Why volunteers want to be infected with disease to progress vaccines
An advocacy group is pushing for more ‘human challenge’ trials to aid research. Plus, sparrows nearly double part of their brains to sing better...
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US postdoc support from NIH could be capped at five years — sparking criticism
A working group’s recommendation, meant to help to advance the careers of postdoctoral researchers, could discourage people from staying in academia,...
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Scientists rejoice after once critically endangered bird hits major milestone: 'The … program diverted the extinction'
"It is a really good feeling." When scientists decided to move the breeding population of Florida's grasshopper sparrow into captivity, they were...
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A spaceship punched an asteroid — we’re about to learn what came next
ESA’s Hera mission will study a rock called Dimorphos, which was blasted by NASA, to work out how successful that approach was in deflecting...
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Terrifying tarantula fangs and more — October’s best science images
Hammer time . A study of bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo) embryos at different developmental stages shows that hammerhead sharks start to grow their iconic...
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Daily briefing: New evidence supports controversial hypothesis of ‘transmissible’ Alzheimer’s
A small study seems to suggest that proteins related to the neurodegenerative disease can be transferred from person to person through surgical...
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Earth Could Have Billions More People Than We Ever Realized
Is our little blue marble of a planet actually a lot more crowded than we thought? A new study suggests we've been significantly undercounting...
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Polio could be eradicated within 3 years — what happens then?
How to ensure polio doesn’t return after eradication, and the space explosion that’s baffling scientists. Download the Nature Podcast 22 November...
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Daily briefing: Record number of papers retracted in 2023
The number of retractions this year has passed 10,000 as publishers struggle to clean up a slew of sham papers and peer-review fraud. Plus, COP28...
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