NATURE
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Are you what you eat? How food shapes self-image
For painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo in Vertumnus (1591), emperor Rudolf II was what he ate.Credit: Giuseppe Arcimboldo/Buyenlarge/Getty Eating and Being: A…
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Sci-fi icon Kim Stanley Robinson: ‘there’s so much bad fiction about anthropomorphizing AI’
Nature, Published online: 16 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04116-4 The influential writer talks about frighteningly accurate predictions, the creative act of reading,…
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Fasting can reduce weight — but also hair growth
Human hairs sprout from follicles, which contain stem cells that are sensitive to dietary changes (artificially coloured).Credit: Dr Keith Wheeler/SPL…
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Why the genetic-testing revolution left some people behind — and what to do about it
Evolutionary geneticist Mary-Claire King did not anticipate the impact of her discovery.Credit: Rina Castelnuovo/New York Times/Redux/eyevine When Mary-Claire King embarked…
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Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID
Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli has presented evidence that her lab has not worked with close relatives of SARS-CoV-2.Credit: Johannes Eisele/AFP…
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The liver converts fructose into lipids to fuel tumours
Nature, Published online: 04 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03653-2 Fructose aids tumour growth, but cancer cells usually lack the enzymes needed to…
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Long orbit
By the time you receive this I will be dead. Hopefully not dead dead, but close enough. And for a…
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‘That’s funny’: creative solutions for time-starved researchers
Nature, Published online: 28 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03426-x An immunologist and his illustrator friend reveal tips and tricks to help scientists…
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I fled the war in Ukraine. Now I work on ways to help the country’s soil heal
Olena Melnyk at the Salisbury Plain military training area, UK, testing a soil-sampling protocol for use in bomb craters.Credit: Mark…
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How I’m creating career opportunities for researchers back home in Mexico
David Posner (at lectern) introduces his plan to bring students from Mexico’s Vasco de Quiroga University to Cambridge, UK, for…
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