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The Amazon’s gargantuan gardeners: manatees

Nature, Published online: 07 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02874-9The aquatic mammals disperse seeds of their favourite foods as they migrate, according to…

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Publisher Correction: Single-crystalline metal-oxide dielectrics for top-gate 2D transistors

Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution…

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The baseless stat that could be harming Indigenous conservation efforts

Download this episode of the Nature PodcastThe often repeated claim that "80% of the world's biodiversity is found in the…

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Fur farming a ‘viral highway’ that could spark next pandemic, say scientists

Infectious-diseases researchers are calling for stricter biosafety measures in farms that breed animals for fur, to stop dangerous pathogens from…

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how scientists are coping with the cutoff

A months-long feud between billionaire Elon Musk and Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes has led to a ban…

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Cough or sneeze? How the brain knows what to unleash

The cough triggered by pollen and other allergens is activated by neurons distinct from those that lead to a sneeze.Credit:…

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How to change people’s minds about climate change: what the science says

Nature, Published online: 06 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02777-9Telling people about the consensus among scientists can help, study finds, but experts think…

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Simple steps could shrink US beef industry’s carbon hoofprint

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 05 September 2024 Beef production accounts for 3% of country’s carbon emissions, but measures such as tree-planting offer…

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Cheap catalysts close the loop on plastics production

A chemical process converts common types of plastic waste into the building blocks needed to make new plastics1. Access options…

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Scientists almost have nuclear clocks ticking

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