Articles By This Author
I had to let a student go and I feel as though I failed them — how do I do better next time?
Illustration: David Parkins The problem Dear Nature, A PhD student in my laboratory was consistently unmotivated and failed to do
‘Impossible’ molecules break 100-year old chemical rule
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Credit:
I track bird movement to enhance conservation efforts
“The bird in my hand is a yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens). This species breeds in North America — occurring in
The scale of the biodiversity crisis laid bare
Before They Vanish: Saving Nature’s Populations — and Ourselves Paul R. Ehrlich et al. Johns Hopkins University Press (2024) Biologist
How I hunt down fake degrees and zombie universities
Working scientist profiles This article is part of an occasional series in which Nature profiles scientists with unusual career histories
Five structural-biology questions that still challenge AI
Alena Khmelinskaia wants designing bespoke proteins to be as simple as ordering a meal. Picture a vending machine, she says,
Variant of mpox virus is getting better at human-to-human transmission
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Osteoarthritis,
The world’s oldest tree? Genetic analysis traces evolution of iconic Pando forest
DNA samples from one of the world’s largest and oldest plants — a quaking aspen tree (Populus tremuloides) in Utah
an emotive journey along the San Andreas Fault
Mojave Ghost Forrest Gander New Directions (2024) In 2023, geologist and poet Forrest Gander embarked on a journey, tracing the
The best AirPods deals for November 2024
If you know where to look, you can often score discounts on Apple’s ever-popular AirPods. Although we’ve yet to see