NATURE

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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Why the genetic-testing revolution left some people behind — and what to do about it

Evolutionary geneticist Mary-Claire King did not anticipate the impact of her discovery.Credit: Rina Castelnuovo/New York Times/Redux/eyevine When Mary-Claire King embarked…

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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

By the time you receive this I will be dead. Hopefully not dead dead, but close enough. And for a…

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creative solutions for time-starved researchers

Illustrations: Richard L. Tillotson Art and science have a long and intertwined history. During his five-year research trip on HMS…

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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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How I’m creating career opportunities for researchers back home in Mexico

David Posner (at lectern) introduces his plan to bring students from Mexico’s Vasco de Quiroga University to Cambridge, UK, for…

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