Science-policy advisers shape programmes that solve real-world problems
Javier Garcia-Martinez, who advises global leaders on public policies backed by scientific evidence, says more scientists should work to build
A brain circuit that cements the memory of socially learnt food preferences
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 18 September 2024 How an experience results in a long-term memory has remained unknown. A circuit involving the
A broader view of the diversity of human gene expression
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 18 September 2024 Differences in gene expression between individuals are an important source of variation in traits and
Should young kids take the new anti-obesity drugs? What the research says
Adipose tissue, or fat, is not always accurately measured by the metric called body mass index.Credit: Jose Calvo/Science Photo Library
This ‘scuba diving’ lizard has a self-made air supply
In the tropical forests of Costa Rica, a small lizard uses its own form of scuba gear — an air
A small fix to cut beer intake: downsize the pint
Nature, Published online: 17 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02974-6 Total alcohol consumed fell at establishments in England that replaced the classic imperial
Protecting the ocean helps fight malnutrition
Protecting more of the ocean could slash the risk of malnutrition for up to 3 million people worldwide, according to
‘The standard model is not dead’
Physicists have nailed a fiendishly difficult measurement — the mass of the fundamental particle the W boson. The result, from
Common diabetes drug slows monkey brain-ageing
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A triple rainbow all the way across the sky — 150 years ago
Nature, Published online: 17 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02809-4 The first circumnavigation of Earth by plane (in just five short months) and