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Could machine learning help to build a unified theory of cognition?
Cognitive scientists aim to understand minds as computational systems. Although numerous theories of human and animal cognition exist, they are…
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Meet the early career scientists planning to leave the United States
The cuts to science under the Trump administration have sparked protests and will threaten the positions of many international early-career…
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Global hotspots of mycorrhizal fungal richness are poorly protected
Högberg, M. N. & Högberg, P. Extramatrical ectomycorrhizal mycelium contributes one-third of microbial biomass and produces, together with associated roots,…
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How your research can survive a US federal grant termination
Seven weeks after being awarded a US$12.9-million grant to assess dementia risks in vulnerable populations, Briana Mezuk received an e-mail…
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AI and misinformation are supercharging the risk of nuclear war
You have full access to this article via your institution. The first-ever nuclear explosion at the Trinity test site in…
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Need to update your data? Follow these five tips
Each week since 1977, researchers at the Portal Project have monitored how rodents, ants and plants interact with each other…
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Scientists hide messages in papers to game AI peer review
In some cases, scientists use AI models to evaluate manuscripts or help draft peer-review reports.Credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Researchers…
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Metascience can improve science — but it must be useful to society, too
You have full access to this article via your institution. On 2 July, a science initiative was born in a…
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China pours money into brain chips that give paralysed people more control
China has medical infrastructure and large population to test the efficacy of brain implants.Credit: Chen Zhonghao/Xinhua/Alamy A deep brain device…
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Carbonate formation and fluctuating habitability on Mars
Hu, R., Kass, D. M., Ehlmann, B. L. & Yung, Y. L. Tracing the fate of carbon and the atmospheric…
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