NATURE
COVID pandemic started in Wuhan market animals after all, suggests latest study
Some of the earliest cases of COVID-19 were linked to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China.Credit: Hector Retamal/AFP
Do AI models produce more original ideas than researchers?
Researchers built an artificial intelligence tool that came up with 4000 novel research ideas in a matter of hours. Credit:
Is bird flu spreading among people? Data gaps leave researchers in the dark
These bird flu virus particles (artificially coloured) were imaged by an electron microscope.Credit: Eye of Science/Science Photo Library All eyes
Obesity-drug pioneers win prestigious Lasker Award for medical science
Joel Habener (from left), Svetlana Mojsov and Lotte Bjerre Knudsen have won a 2024 Lasker Award for developing a class
Black holes as big as atoms might be speeding through the Solar System
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 17 September 2024 Primordial black holes, which are smaller than their better-known cousins, visit the inner Solar System
Crustaceans can ‘smell’ their way back to their home cave
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. The
How studying octopus nurseries can shape the future of our oceans
Monica Contestabile 00:09 Hello. This is How to Save Humanity in 17 Goals, a podcast brought to you by Nature
Tackling the reality of noma
Adamu, a 14-year-old noma survivor, is screened by physicians at the Noma Hospital in Sokoto, Nigeria. Adamu’s father has been
What does peak emissions mean for China — and the world?
The world might be witnessing the bending of a key climate curve. Various projections have suggested that carbon emissions from