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Why do obesity drugs seem to treat so many other ailments?

There’s a bar in Baltimore, Maryland, that very few people get to enter. It has a cocktail station, beer taps…

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UK university departments on the brink as higher-education funding crisis deepens

This week, when students brush their teeth, pack their bags and walk down Cottingham Road to reach the University of…

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The youngest among us fight COVID-19 in their own way

Young children have their own way of fighting off COVID-19, a study comparing the immune responses of children and adults…

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Seven work–life balance tips from a part-time PhD student

As a part-time PhD student, blocking out time both work and study helped Simone Willis to keep a good work–life…

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Sharks are deserting coral reefs. Here’s why that matters

As ocean temperatures have soared in the past year, new research shows that some sharks are abandoning coral reefs —…

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How to stop a looming ‘splinternet’

Nature, Published online: 24 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03110-0Online safety is crucial, but so are privacy and decentralization. Computer scientists who set…

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Mathematics helped Britain to get in touch with continental Europe a century ago

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Daily briefing: Mathematicians have described a new class of shape: soft cells

Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. The…

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Yo-yo dieting accelerates cardiovascular disease by reprogramming the immune system

Nature, Published online: 24 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03030-zCan cycles of dieting increase your risk of heart attack? In mice, an alternating…

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What is a cell type, really? The quest to categorize life’s myriad forms

The problem of cell type became clear to genome biologist Jason Buenrostro in 2013. He was studying a cell line…

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