A myopia epidemic is sweeping the globe (www.nature.com)
Harassment of scientists is surging — institutions aren’t sure how to help (www.nature.com)
As researchers increasingly face many kinds of attack over their work, there is debate about how to support and protect them....
Chinese doctors treated an end-stage type 2 diabetic patient by implanting islet tissue derived in vitro from his own endoderm stem cells. The patient has been insulin-independent for 33 months. (www.nature.com)
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Cubic millimetre of brain mapped in spectacular detail (www.nature.com)
Google scientists have modelled a fragment of the human brain at nanoscale resolution, revealing cells with previously undiscovered features.
How rich is too rich? (www.nature.com)
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Bird flu in US cows: is the milk supply safe? (www.nature.com)
Canadian science gets biggest boost to PhD and postdoc pay in 20 years (www.nature.com)
Ukraine nuclear power plant attack: scientists assess the risks (www.nature.com)
Tropical-forest destruction has slowed — but is still too high (www.nature.com)
Persistent interaction patterns across social media platforms and over time (www.nature.com)
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Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory (www.nature.com)
Nature article suggests that we cannot afford the rich (www.nature.com)
Equality is essential for sustainability. The science is clear — people in more-equal societies are more trusting and more likely to protect the environment than are those in unequal, consumer-driven ones.
Why the world cannot afford the rich (www.nature.com)
Comparing the carbon footprints of urban and conventional agriculture (www.nature.com)
Urban agriculture (UA) is a widely proposed strategy to make cities and urban food systems more sustainable. Until now, we have lacked a comprehensive assessment of the environmental performance of UA relative to conventional agriculture, and results from earlier studies have been mixed. This is the first large-scale study to...
What 2024’s crucial elections mean for climate change (www.nature.com)
To build a better world, stop chasing economic growth (www.nature.com)
AI tidies up Wikipedia’s references — and boosts reliability (www.nature.com)
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