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NATURE

Your friends shape your microbiome — and so do their friends

Friends share more than just food when they dine together.Credit: Getty A shared meal, a kiss on the cheek: these

NATURE

Common genetic variants contribute more to rare diseases than previously thought

Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03554-4 In rare diseases, rare mutations have long been thought of as the only

NATURE

Boston’s dense health-sciences networks help the city to maintain its lead

An analytical chemist works in the lab of biotech company Arcaea, which is based in Boston, Massachusetts.Credit: Boston Globe/Getty When

GADGET

The best laptop power banks for 2024

Smaller battery packs are great for refiling phones and tablets, but if you need to keep a laptop juiced up

ECONOMY

Guest Contribution: “How Institutions Interact with Exchange Rates After the 2024 US Presidential Election: New High-Frequency Evidence”

Today, we are pleased to present a guest contribution written by Joshua Aizenman (University of Southern California) and Jamel Saadaoui (Université Paris

FINANCE

The umbrella tree is a whole new take on Christmas trees

Christmas, in many households, is a holiday of tradition. Dinners and breakfasts are the same each year. The same songs

CRYPTO

Shanghai judge says cryptocurrency is a commodity, legal to own

Shanghai Judge Sun Jie calls virtual currency a commodity with property attributes in a commentary on a 2017 business dispute.

GAMING

Longtime Simpsons Voice Actor Retires After 35 Years

Screenshot: Fox / Disney / Kotaku Pamela Hayden, who has voiced famous Simpsons characters like Milhouse for over three decades,

EDUCATION

When Students Repair School Chromebooks, Meaningful Skills Are Developed

According to research, project-based learning can improve students’ retention and engagement. Additionally, project-based learning is well-suited to support 21st century

NATURE

How a fly’s behavioural state affects its view of the world

RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 20 November 2024 How animals adjust their visual attention as goals or environmental conditions change is unknown. In