The planktonic microbiome of the Great Barrier Reef
Tully, B. J., Graham, E. D. & Heidelberg, J. F. The reconstruction of 2,631 draft metagenome-assembled genomes from…
A global molecular code for birth order and neuronal identity in Drosophila
scRNA-seq data generation To discriminate technical from biological variability, we used flies from different genetic backgrounds19,77, enabling us…
Planetary-mass exosatellite detected around the substellar companion of a star
Schneider, J., Dedieu, C., Le Sidaner, P., Savalle, R. & Zolotukhin, I. The extrasolar planets encyclopaedia: a database…
Youth lead current dietary emissions while seniors increasingly drive total emission growth
Miller, V. et al. Global dietary quality in 185 countries from 1990 to 2018 show wide differences by…
Polio should have been eradicated by now. What’s plan B?
Ten years ago, the virus that causes polio seemed to be on its way to extinction. In August…
Imaging of nanoscale polar textures in quantum paraelectric SrTiO3
Cochran, W. Crystal stability and the theory of ferroelectricity. Adv. Phys. 9, 387–423 (1960). Article ADS CAS Google…
Exceptional brain and ecological diversity in the earliest snakes
Caldwell, M. W. The Origin of Snakes: Morphology and the Fossil Record (CRC Press, 2019). Gower, D. J.…
Rare contagious cancer discovered in wild catfish
Mysterious black lesions found on Brown bullhead catfish (Ameiurus nebulosus) in Lake Memphremagog in Canada turned out to…
Don’t let AI steal all the joy: what scientists won’t give up to chatbots
With artificial-intelligence tools speeding up and taking on ever more steps in science, Nature canvassed opinions on tasks…
Does China’s latest AI model finally equal US rivals? What scientists think
Credit: CN-STR/AFP via Getty The latest Chinese-built large language model (LLM) is impressing scientists with its size and…
New hope in the fight against cachexia — cancer’s deadly co-conspirator
Mealtimes were always a family affair for the Kochanczyks of Indiana. Dave Kochanczyk loved barbecuing, cooking Polish fare…
The science of foresight: how to future-proof your research
Every research programme is a bet on the future. Yet, scientists rarely examine the assumptions behind those bets.…