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News & Views |
Urban youth most isolated in largest cities
GPS data reveal that young people encounter fewer individuals from diverse groups than do adults. The isolation of young people is exacerbated in larger cities, and for those living in poverty.
- Victor Couture
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Editorial |
There are holes in Europe’s AI Act — and researchers can help to fill them
Scientists have been promised a front-row seat for the formulation of the EU’s proposed AI regulatory structures. They should seize this opportunity to bridge some big gaps.
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News & Views |
Prehistoric events might explain European multiple sclerosis risk
An exploration of more than 1,600 ancient Eurasian genomes suggests that genetic changes that increase autoimmune-disease risk in modern Europeans could have protected ancient Europeans from pathogens.
- Samira Asgari
- & Lionel A. Pousaz
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News |
Ancient DNA reveals origins of multiple sclerosis in Europe
A huge cache of ancient genomes spanning tens of thousands of years reveals the roots of traits in modern Europeans.
- Sara Reardon
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Article
| Open Access100 ancient genomes show repeated population turnovers in Neolithic Denmark
Integrated data, including 100 human genomes from the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Early Bronze Age periods show that two major population turnovers occurred over just 1,000 years in Neolithic Denmark, resulting in dramatic changes in the genes, diet and physical appearance of the local people, as well as the landscape in which they lived.
- Morten E. Allentoft
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- & Eske Willerslev
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News & Views |
From the archive: the other Darwin, and illegitimate access to honey
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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Editorial |
How online misinformation exploits ‘information voids’ — and what to do about it
In 2024’s super election year, providers of online search engines and their users need to be especially aware of how online misinformation can seem all too credible.
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Career Feature |
In Brazil, one in two female researchers has faced sexual harassment
A survey by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences bolsters calls to tackle the problem.
- Meghie Rodrigues
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Book Review |
How we remember the dead by their digital afterlives
A broad-ranging analysis asks whether we can achieve a kind of immortality by documenting our lives and deaths online.
- Margaret Gibson
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News Feature |
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat — is climate change making it worse?
Researchers are studying how extreme weather and rising temperatures can encourage the spread of drug-resistant infections.
- Carissa Wong
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Book Review |
The handwriting of the greats, and solutions that make things worse: Books in brief
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
- Andrew Robinson
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Correspondence |
New UK immigration rules threaten academic mobility
- Alexander C. Lees
- & Ben C. Sheldon
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Correspondence |
Panama says no to more mining — a win for environmentalists
- Juan Carlos Villarreal A.
- , Nelva B. Villarreal
- & Luis F. De León
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News & Views |
From the archive: a towering legacy, and unseasonal wasps
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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Career Feature |
How sharing your science in an opinion piece can boost your career
Don’t rely solely on academic papers to raise your professional profile. General readers are interested in your opinions, too.
- Jane Palmer
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News & Views |
From the archive: waltzing mice, and Louis Pasteur’s beer battle
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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Nature Podcast |
The Nature Podcast highlights of 2023
The team select some of their favourite stories from the past 12 months.
- Benjamin Thompson
- , Nick Petrić Howe
- & Shamini Bundell
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Career Column |
How an AI-powered lion became a teaching tool
The mascot for King’s College London helped Andrés Gvirtz to teach a class, with a little help from generative artificial intelligence.
- Andrés Gvirtz
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World View |
How a surge in organized crime threatens the Amazon
The global community needs to break the web of transnational crime networks and corruption threatening one of the world’s largest carbon sinks.
- Bram Ebus
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Obituary |
Saleemul Huq (1952–2023), climate visionary
A relentless climate scientist who was the voice of the voiceless in the global climate fight.
- Achala C. Abeysinghe
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News |
Will superintelligent AI sneak up on us? New study offers reassurance
Improvements in the performance of large language models such as ChatGPT are more predictable than they seem.
- Matthew Hutson
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News |
Citations show gender bias — and the reasons are surprising
Gender bias in paper citations is less common among younger scientists, but it still plays a part in making women’s research less visible.
- Anil Oza
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News |
AI consciousness: scientists say we urgently need answers
Researchers call for more funding to study the boundary between conscious and unconscious systems.
- Mariana Lenharo
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Spotlight |
Politics and the environment collide in Brazil: Lula’s first year back in office
Brazil’s left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva grapples with deforestation, fossil-fuel pledges and commitments to Indigenous communities — all while having to work with a conservative Congress.
- Meghie Rodrigues
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Spotlight |
Why 2023 was a bittersweet year for Brazilian science
Expectations were high after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the presidency. But some scientists are frustrated at the slow pace of change.
- Meghie Rodrigues
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Nature Podcast |
The Nature Podcast festive spectacular 2023
Games, seasonal science songs, and Nature’s 10.
- Nick Petrić Howe
- & Noah Baker
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Comment |
To build a better world, stop chasing economic growth
The year 2024 must be a turning point for shifting policies away from gross domestic product and towards sustainable well-being. Here’s why and how.
- Robert Costanza
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Research Briefing |
Online search results can increase belief in misinformation
To counter misinformation, people are often advised to check the truth of claims by searching online. Five experiments show that this can actually increase people’s belief that false or misleading articles are true, an effect that might be driven by low-quality search results.
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| Open AccessOnline searches to evaluate misinformation can increase its perceived veracity
Searching online to evaluate the truthfulness of false news articles increases the probability of believing the false news articles.
- Kevin Aslett
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- & Joshua A. Tucker
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News & Views |
From the archive: scientific spelling, and ancient Egyptian art
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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Correspondence |
Is Brazil ready for gender equality in science?
- Fernanda Staniscuaski
- , Leticia de Oliveira
- & Charikleia Tzanakou
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Correspondence |
Short-sighted policies are fuelling Brazilian deforestation
- Richard Fuchs
- , Joanna Raymond
- & Mark Rounsevell
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Correspondence |
Should scientists delegate their writing to ChatGPT?
- Christopher Basgier
- & Shyam Sharma
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Career Column |
How Dark Souls and Darth Revan helped me to make sense of my professorship
John Tregoning compares academia to role-playing video games as a way to discuss how the choices we make can affect the paths we take.
- John Tregoning
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Book Review |
Prebunking propaganda, and how to live well: 2023’s best of Books in brief
Connoisseur Andrew Robinson gives ten of his favourite tomes from the year a more expansive review.
- Andrew Robinson
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Career Feature |
The scientific workplace in 2023
India’s first Moon landing and a welcome return to Horizon Europe for UK researchers loomed large in an eventful year for working scientists around the world.
- Chris Woolston
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Article
| Open AccessUnequal climate impacts on global values of natural capital
Country-level changes in economic production and the value of non-market ecosystem benefits show unequal impacts on the global values of natural capital resulting from climate-change-induced shifts in terrestrial vegetation cover.
- B. A. Bastien-Olvera
- , M. N. Conte
- & F. C. Moore
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Book Review |
How to parent AI, and climate change vs democracy: Books in brief
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
- Andrew Robinson