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The huge protein database that spawned AlphaFold and biology’s AI revolution
Crystallographer Helen Berman co-founded the Protein Data Bank in the 1960s. Credit: Rutgers University The 2024 Nobels were all about…
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How do I tell someone that I can’t write them a strong letter of recommendation?
Illustration: David Parkins The problem Dear Nature, I’m a neuroscientist in the United States. I have written a lot of…
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retraction of high-profile reproducibility study prompts soul-searching
A retracted paper’s backstory illustrates the challenges of the technique called preregistration.Credit: Getty The retraction of a high-profile paper1 that…
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If the Nobel Prizes were designed today, what would change?
Members of the Swedish royal family join laureates on stage at the 2023 Nobel awards ceremony.Credit: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty…
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Physics Nobel scooped by machine-learning pioneers
The winners were announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.Credit: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Two researchers who…
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Believe it or not, this lush landscape is Antarctica
Hummocks of moss cover Ardley Island off the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.Credit: Dan Charman A fast-warming region of Antarctica…
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See a tardigrade ride a worm in the world’s weirdest rodeo — September’s best science images
Nature, Published online: 02 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03153-3 The month’s sharpest science shots — selected by Nature’s photo team. Source link
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Do orangutans like your toothpaste? Books in brief
Environomics Dharshini David Elliott & Thompson (2024) Why should an orangutan care what toothpaste a person uses, asks economist Dharshini…
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This fish’s legs are made for walking — and tasting the sea floor
A northern sea robin (Prionotus carolinus) scurries across the sand on its six legs, which it also uses as shovels…
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Scientists successfully ‘nuke asteroid’ — in a lab mock-up
Scientists and science-fiction writers have long asked whether a nuclear explosion could change the course of an asteroid headed for…
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