Placebo effect involves unexpected brain regions
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What on Earth is ‘sustainable’ coffee?
Editor’s note:From “climate adaptation” to “blue carbon,” from “landscape approach” to “ecosystem services,” environmental jargon is everywhere these days. Conservation
Long silenced, an African park roars back to life
BEIRA, Mozambique — Werner Myburgh couldn’t shake the feeling that something was wrong. On his first trip through the savanna
Why record wildfires scorched Canada last year
Soaring temperatures and arid landscapes intensified the wildfires that devastated Canada in the summer of 20231. Access options Access Nature
How a midwife became a neuroscientist to seek a cure for her son
Terry Jo Bichell (pictured in her laboratory) was part of a 2016 campaign in which scientists shared their inspirational stories.Credit:
How ‘green’ electricity from wood harms the planet — and people
The town of Hamlet, North Carolina, seemed to hit the jackpot in September 2014. After the community had endured decades
Government plans often go astray
Nature, Published online: 20 August 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02666-1 The problems of political planning in 80 countries, and chemistry’s contributions to archaeology,
schemes selling fake references alarm scientists
Citations for cash: researchers have identified services where scholars can buy citations to their papers in bulk.Credit: Vergani_Fotografia/Getty Research-integrity watchers
Gut microbes’ genomes are a trove of potential antibiotics
The 100 trillion microbes that share space in the human gut rely on fierce tactics to survive: many produce potent
Blow that whistle at your own risk
Haematologist and whistle-blower Nancy Olivieri has spent more than three decades fighting for scientific integrity and for her patients.Credit: Carlos