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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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The world’s first plastics treaty is in crisis: can it be salvaged?
Global consumption of plastics is on the rise, but only a small percentage of plastic waste is recycled. Credit: Justin…
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How to pause and restart your science career
Julie Gould 00:01 Hello and welcome to Working Scientist, a Nature Careers podcast. I’m Julie Gould. This is the fifth…
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27 things we wish we’d known when we started our PhDs
Nature’s 2025 PhD survey This article is the second in a series discussing the results of Nature’s 2025 PhD survey.…
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Weaponizing uncertainty in science and in public health puts people in harm’s way
You have full access to this article via your institution. Head of the US Food and Drugs Administration Marty Makary…
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Technology leaders should ‘pay back’ society to support the common good
Engineer John Logie Baird used ventriloquist dummies in early experiments of his invention: the television.Credit: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via Getty Long…
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