NATURE
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The computers that run on human brain cells
In a town on the shores of Lake Geneva sit clumps of living human brain cells for hire. These blobs,…
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DNA pioneer James Watson has died ― colleagues wrestle with his legacy
Watson shared in the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his role in elucidating the structure of DNA.…
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Continuous cell-type diversification in mouse visual cortex development
Mouse breeding and husbandry All experimental procedures related to the use of mice were approved by the Institutional Animal Care…
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By the time you hear these bats, it’s too late
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 01 November 2025 The fringe-lipped bat ambushes its prey, helping to make it an exceptionally efficient hunter. Source…
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Can IVF save the northern white rhino from extinction? — October’s best science images
Rockets roar. Photographer Andrew McCarthy captured the moment that a SpaceX Starship roared into space from its launchpad in Texas.…
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This ‘minor’ bird flu strain has potential to spark human pandemic
Attention has been focused on avian influenza virus H5N1 in the past few years, but scientists are concerned about the…
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Paper or plastic?
The chairs by the pharmacy counter are hard bioplastic and contoured — supposedly — to the human body. They’re not…
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will students get smarter or stop thinking?
When students entered Tsinghua University in Beijing this year, one of the first representatives they met wasn’t a person. Admission…
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Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data
Success rates for Europe’s leading research grants are declining — some to single percentage points — as a surge in…
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Aboveground biomass in Australian tropical forests now a net carbon source
Pan, Y. et al. The enduring world forest carbon sink. Nature 631, 563–569 (2024). Article ADS CAS PubMed Google Scholar …
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