Will humans ever speak wolf? A scientist unravels the complexities of animal chatter
Download Nature hits the books 09 December 2024 Zoologist Arik Kershenbaum has spent his career studying animals and how they
AI weatherman: the DeepMind researcher making faster, more accurate forecasts
Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03898-x Rémi Lam is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped
How fast is your brain ageing? Proteins in blood offer clues
Magnetic resonance imaging scans showing the brain of a 25-year-old (left) and a 74-year-old (right).Credit: Zephyr/Science Photo Library Researchers have
The first rocks from the Moon’s far side are in this geologist’s hands
On 25 June, Li Chunlai watched eagerly as a capsule carrying the first pieces of the far side of the
Google’s new quantum chip achieves accuracy milestone
Researchers at Google have built a chip that has enabled them to demonstrate the first ‘below threshold’ quantum calculations —
The daring doctor behind a world-first treatment for autoimmune disease
Huji Xu’s team was on tenterhooks after delivering the first treatments. “We couldn’t sleep, because all these cases are very
The revolutionary economist who became the unlikely leader of Bangladesh
After weeks of deadly demonstrations that toppled Bangladesh’s autocratic government in August, the students who led the revolution had one
How fast is the Universe expanding? This astronomer took cosmology closer to an answer
For decades, scientists have disagreed about a fundamental question: how quickly is the Universe expanding? But this year, astronomer Wendy
This fearless science sleuth risked her career to expose publication fraud
Early this year, Anna Abalkina found out that her name was on a watch list for Roskomnadzor, a Russian agency
Publishers are selling papers to train AIs — and making millions of dollars
Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04018-5 Generative-AI models require massive amounts of data — scholarly publishers are licensing their