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From the archive: the cell cycle and Antarctic exploration
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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Obituary |
Paul Berg (1926–2023)
Biochemist who invented recombinant DNA technology.
- Errol Friedberg
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News & Views |
From the archive: Saturn, and Charles Darwin shares animal stories
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From the archive: ancient mazes, and ants under observation
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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Book Review |
Seven everyday objects that made the modern world
Nails, wheels, springs, magnets, lenses, string and pumps: a structural engineer reveals the small things that our biggest tech advances are built on.
- Anna Novitzky
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News |
Ancient genomes show how humans escaped Europe’s deep freeze
A pair of studies offer the most detailed look yet at groups of hunter-gatherers living before, during and after the last ice age.
- Ewen Callaway
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From the archive: Leo Szilard’s science scene, and rules for maths
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Europe’s first humans hunted with bows and arrows
A cave site in France holds hundreds of tiny stone points, alongside remains thought to belong to Homo sapiens.
- Ewen Callaway
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Was famed poet Pablo Neruda poisoned? Scientists warn case not closed
Forensic investigation uncovers evidence that a lethal bacterium could have been in his body when he died.
- Michele Catanzaro
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From the archive: machine intelligence, and the father of X-rays
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Where I Work |
Tweezers, water, mulberry paper: my toolkit for repairing ancient Japanese art
Art conservator Jiro Ueda uses traditional techniques and natural solutions to repair priceless paintings and artefacts.
- Rachael Pells
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From the archive: Earth in motion, and inherited antipathy
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Book Review |
How NASA’s breakthrough ‘class of ’78’ changed the face of space travel
The inclusion of women and people of colour in NASA’s astronaut cadet programme was unprecedented — and met sometimes fierce resistance.
- Alexandra Witze
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From the archive: celebrating Faraday, and an appreciation of parasites
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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From the archive: support for Darwin, and a metallic standard
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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Editorial |
Why we have nothing to fear from the decolonization of mathematics
Maths made the modern world — and everyone stands to gain from the acknowledgment that the world made maths.
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From the archive: calculating the duration of a dream, and tracking twinkling
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From the archive: an economic model named after a goddess, and an ill-fated octopus
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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Editorial |
How the periodic table survived a war to secure chemistry’s future
A century ago, the discovery of hafnium confirmed the validity of the periodic table — but only thanks to scientists who stood up for evidence at a time of global turmoil.
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How mathematics stopped being defined by reality — and started to invent new ones
Abstraction is a powerful mathematical technique that has influenced everything from quantum theories of gravity to nuclear deterrence theory. But has it gone too far?
- Davide Castelvecchi
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Dads older than mums since dawn of humanity, study suggests
Scientists used modern human DNA to estimate when new generations were born over 250,000 years — and the age of parents at conception.
- Freda Kreier
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The science stories you missed over the past four weeks
We highlight some stories from the Nature Briefing, including climate promises from Brazil’s President Lula, how glass frogs hide their blood, and a new statue of Henrietta Lacks.
- Benjamin Thompson
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From the archive: growing seeds by moonlight, and a shower of stars at sea
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Tracking ocean history through plankton ‘roadkill’
Marine biogeochemist Clare Ostle tracks the stories that plankton tell from all corners of the globe.
- Kendall Powell
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Escaping Darwin’s shadow: how Alfred Russel Wallace inspires Indigenous researchers
Wallace, who independently discovered the theory of evolution, relied on local knowledge to craft his seminal work on species ranges in the Amazon. Now, the region’s Indigenous scientists have taken charge of their research using this and other cross-cultural tools.
- Camila C. Ribas
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Alfred Russel Wallace’s first expedition ended in flames
Born 200 years ago, the evolutionary biologist experienced many setbacks during his career — none more severe than when he headed home with his precious collections from Brazil.
- Andrew Berry
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From the archive: how kangaroo rats limit their salt intake, and searching for trout
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From the archive: biological clocks, and a pollen puzzle about flies
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From the archive: human memory, and fungal cultivation by ants
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Are we in the Anthropocene? Geologists could define new epoch for Earth
Researchers have zeroed in on nine sites that could describe a new geological time, marked by pollution and other signs of human activity.
- McKenzie Prillaman
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Fifty years after astronauts left the Moon, they are going back. Why?
The launch of NASA’s Artemis I mission aims to rekindle the spirit of Apollo a half century after the United States left the lunar surface. As ever, science is the least of the driving forces.
- Alexandra Witze
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Oldest-ever DNA shows mastodons roamed Greenland 2 million years ago
Genetic material collected from permafrost shows northern part of the island was once a lush forest, home to poplar trees and other surprising organisms.
- Ewen Callaway
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From the archive: statistical marvels, and the quest for insulin
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How smallpox inoculation united America
Government responsibility for public health shaped the fledgling nation’s concepts of freedom.
- Heidi Ledford
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From the archive: a shared motivation for scientists, and mirages
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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Why did the FBI track Nobel-winning microbiologist Salvador Luria?
The refugee phage pioneer was denied a passport for championing peace and freedom.
- Alison Abbott
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Obituary |
Bruno Latour (1947–2022)
Philosopher and anthropologist who revolutionized ideas about science in practice.
- Steve Woolgar
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How science museums can use their power
A trawl through exhibition halls and storage rooms reveals a drive to do better.
- Anna Novitzky
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How the Great Depression shaped people’s DNA
Epigenetics study finds that children born during the historic recession have markers of accelerated ageing later in life.
- Freda Kreier
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Correspondence |
Remembering India’s pioneer in life-saving cholera treatment
- Biswa Prasun Chatterji
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Correspondence |
Psychedelic drugs: more emphasis on safety issues
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From the archive: avian mimicry, and insect metamorphosis
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The rise of scientific racism in palaeoanthropology
A forensic anthropologist unmasks insidious interpretations of fossil finds.
- Fatimah Jackson
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25 years of the segmentation clock gene
The discovery of a gene that mediates periodic segmentation of the developing backbone of vertebrate embryos opened up research into how the pace of development is controlled by a molecular clock that has a species-specific rhythm.
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Beethoven’s cause of death revealed from locks of hair
From the archive: the cell cycle and Antarctic exploration
Paul Berg (1926–2023)
From the archive: Saturn, and Charles Darwin shares animal stories
From the archive: ancient mazes, and ants under observation
Seven everyday objects that made the modern world
Ancient genomes show how humans escaped Europe’s deep freeze
From the archive: Leo Szilard’s science scene, and rules for maths
Europe’s first humans hunted with bows and arrows
Was famed poet Pablo Neruda poisoned? Scientists warn case not closed
From the archive: machine intelligence, and the father of X-rays
Tweezers, water, mulberry paper: my toolkit for repairing ancient Japanese art
From the archive: Earth in motion, and inherited antipathy
How NASA’s breakthrough ‘class of ’78’ changed the face of space travel
From the archive: celebrating Faraday, and an appreciation of parasites
From the archive: support for Darwin, and a metallic standard
Why we have nothing to fear from the decolonization of mathematics
From the archive: calculating the duration of a dream, and tracking twinkling
From the archive: an economic model named after a goddess, and an ill-fated octopus
How the periodic table survived a war to secure chemistry’s future
How mathematics stopped being defined by reality — and started to invent new ones
Dads older than mums since dawn of humanity, study suggests
The science stories you missed over the past four weeks
From the archive: growing seeds by moonlight, and a shower of stars at sea
Tracking ocean history through plankton ‘roadkill’
Escaping Darwin’s shadow: how Alfred Russel Wallace inspires Indigenous researchers
Alfred Russel Wallace’s first expedition ended in flames
From the archive: how kangaroo rats limit their salt intake, and searching for trout
From the archive: biological clocks, and a pollen puzzle about flies
From the archive: human memory, and fungal cultivation by ants
Are we in the Anthropocene? Geologists could define new epoch for Earth
Fifty years after astronauts left the Moon, they are going back. Why?
Oldest-ever DNA shows mastodons roamed Greenland 2 million years ago
From the archive: statistical marvels, and the quest for insulin
How smallpox inoculation united America
From the archive: a shared motivation for scientists, and mirages
Why did the FBI track Nobel-winning microbiologist Salvador Luria?
Bruno Latour (1947–2022)
How science museums can use their power
How the Great Depression shaped people’s DNA
From the archive: avian mimicry, and insect metamorphosis
The rise of scientific racism in palaeoanthropology
25 years of the segmentation clock gene