AI tools boost individual scientists but could limit research as a whole – Nature
AI tools boost individual scientists but could limit research as a whole NatureArtificial intelligence tools expand scientists’ impact but…
Global subsidence of river deltas
Selection of global river deltas We selected 40 deltas globally, prioritizing 35 deltaic systems with the greatest exposed…
Artificial intelligence tools expand scientists’ impact but contract science’s focus
Wang, H. et al. Scientific discovery in the age of artificial intelligence. Nature 620, 47–60 (2023). Article ADS …
Huge Chinese cell atlas reveals surprising immune variation among peoples
Immune cells called T cells help the body to fight off infection.Credit: Dennis Kunkel Microscopy/SPL A cellular atlas…
Prevalence of plastic waste as a household fuel in low-income communities of the Global South
Context The Global South is urbanizing at an unprecedented rate, creating an urgent demand for rapid expansion of…
Oldest known poison arrows show Stone Age humans’ technological talents
Humans have used bows and arrows to hunt for thousands of years, as depicted in this cave painting…
Genetic switch between unicellularity and multicellularity in marine yeasts
Szathmáry, E. & Smith, J. M. The major evolutionary transitions. Nature 374, 227–232 (1995). Article ADS PubMed Google…
An ancient DNA perspective on the Russian conquest of Yakutia
Radiocarbon dating Radiocarbon dating of the Mokp individual (UCIAMS210906: 2205 ± 20 BP, 364–197 International Radiocarbon Calibration Curve (2020 version, IntCal20)…
Octopus-inspired ‘synthetic skin’ changes colour and texture on demand
The new materials are inspired by the colour-changing, shape-shifting properties of octopus skin. Credit: Ethan Daniels/Alamy Researchers have…
Early hominins from Morocco basal to the Homo sapiens lineage
Meyer, M. et al. Nuclear DNA sequences from the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins. Nature 531,…
A hidden diversity of ceratopsian dinosaurs in Late Cretaceous Europe
Csiki-Sava, Z., Buffetaut, E., Ősi, A., Pereda-Suberbiola, X. & Brusatte, S. L. Island life in the Cretaceous —…
Artificial skin mimics the octopus’s art of disguise – Nature
Artificial skin mimics the octopus’s art of disguise NatureHow scientists learn from the masters of invisibility: Octopus National GeographicSynthetic skin…