Loose ends
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More-powerful AI is coming. Academia and industry must oversee it — together
Sam Altman of OpenAI, the company that developed ChatGPT, says that machines will create superintelligence. Research is needed to verify
Science could solve some of the world’s biggest problems. Why aren’t governments using it?
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Has Venus ever had an ocean? Its volcanoes hint at an answer
Venus has probably been dry, both inside and on its surface, for all of its history1. Access options Access Nature
What if everyone had masked up? Analysis of app data has an answer
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 05 December 2024 Modelling study based on almost 250,000 positive COVID-19 tests in the United Kingdom shows that
Microbiome interventions for children raise the ethical stakes
The global probiotic market is now worth billions of dollars.Credit: d3sign/Getty Images When she had her daughter in 2008, microbiologist
Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID
Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli has presented evidence that her lab has not worked with close relatives of SARS-CoV-2.Credit: Johannes Eisele/AFP
Pregnancy restructures the brain to prepare for childbirth and parenthood
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Fetal hepatocytes protect the HSPC genome via fetuin-A
Human tissue acquisition Human fetal liver tissues and cord blood samples were obtained from Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of
What is the best time of the month to treat breast cancer?
Nature, Published online: 04 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03847-8 Could breast cancer survival rates be improved simply by timing treatment to a