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Science could solve some of the world’s biggest problems. Why aren’t governments using it?
Illustration: Barbara Gibson. Images: Getty/Alamy Killer viruses. Artificial intelligence. Extreme weather. Microplastics. Mental health. These are just a few of
Advising governments about science is essential but difficult. So train people to do it
Institutions including the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford, UK, are offering courses in science and evidence
Sick animals suggest COVID pandemic started in Wuhan market
Nature, Published online: 04 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03968-0 A preliminary analysis takes a closer look at genomic data collected at the
Doctors without biodiversity? New plan prescribes actions linking human health, nature
If you read only the news headlines, you’d have learned that last month’s global summit on biodiversity — known as
A firm randomly assigned its scientists AI: here’s what happened
Scientists at an unnamed corporate laboratory were randomly assigned a machine-learning tool.Credit: Eugenio Marongiu/Getty Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming ubiquitous
A plastics treaty is urgently needed, but getting it right will take time
Demonstrators demand action against plastics pollution ahead of the fifth round of talks on an international treaty. The talks took
Where does poetry come from?
Nature, Published online: 03 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03848-7 Surveying poets on the unconscious sources of their verse, and an accidental ghost
How I put LinkedIn to work for my career as a scientist and entrepreneur
LinkedIn is becoming the social-media platform of choice for many researchers.Credit: Gioele Piccinini/Shutterstock For most of my career, I avoided
US academics: look after foreign students
I paid close attention to the 2024 US presidential election — both as a US citizen and as a researcher
What is ageing? Even the field’s researchers can’t agree
When ageing begins is one of many questions researchers cannot agree on.Credit: mrPliskin/iStock via Getty Researchers studying ageing disagree on