A day in the life of the world’s fastest supercomputer
Download the 27 September long read podcast The world’s fastest supercomputer, known as Frontier, is located at the Leadership Computing
World’s largest telescope pauses expansion amid funding crunch
The world’s largest telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), which is based in Australia and South Africa, is changing its
Bigger chatbots tell more lies
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Do orangutans like your toothpaste? Books in brief
Environomics Dharshini David Elliott & Thompson (2024) Why should an orangutan care what toothpaste a person uses, asks economist Dharshini
I botched my poster presentation — how do I perform better next time?
Illustration: David Parkins The problem Dear Nature, I’m a PhD student studying plant biotechnology at a university in South Africa.
Revolutionary drug for schizophrenia wins US approval
Brain activity is shown in gold (artist’s illustration). A newly approved antipsychotic achieves its effects by activating brain proteins called
researchers fear the end for science in Venezuela
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro speaks at a march in early August following a disputed election the month before.Credit: Maxwell Briceno/Reuters
Satellites are photobombing astronomy data — could AI offer a solution?
The movement of satellites causes bright stripes in astronomical images.Credit: Caltech Optical Observatories/IPAC Astronomers have developed a machine-learning algorithm that
Stem cells reverse woman’s diabetes — a world first
A woman with type 1 diabetes started producing insulin (blue) after a stem cell transplant.Credit: Lennart Nilsson, Boehringer Ingelheim International
This fish’s legs are made for walking — and tasting the sea floor
A northern sea robin (Prionotus carolinus) scurries across the sand on its six legs, which it also uses as shovels