Bird flu virus has been spreading in US cows for months, RNA reveals
Nature, Published online: 27 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01256-5
Genomic analysis suggests that the outbreak probably began in December or January, but a shortage of data is hampering efforts to pin down the source.Could a rare mutation that causes dwarfism also slow ageing?
Nature, Published online: 26 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01201-6
People with Laron syndrome have a low risk of heart disease and a number of other age-related disorders, hinting at strategies for new treatments.Want to make a difference? Try working at an environmental non-profit organization
Nature, Published online: 26 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01257-4
Moving to non-profit work requires researchers to shift their mindset to focus on applied science for policymaking and conservation practice.Audio long read: Why loneliness is bad for your health
Nature, Published online: 26 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01251-w
New research is revealing the mechanisms linking loneliness and conditions like dementia, depression and cardiovascular disease.Future of Humanity Institute shuts: what’s next for ‘deep future’ research?
Nature, Published online: 26 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01229-8
Researchers from several disciplines hope to predict — and prevent — scenarios that pose risks to humanity.Daily briefing: How an unlikely friendship with Jung influenced Pauli’s physics
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01253-8
A patient-analyst relationship to psychoanalyst Carl Jung that evolved into a friendship deeply influenced physicist Wolfgang Pauli’s work. Plus, organoids shed light on cancer and other diseases, and medieval graves reveal secrets of a mysterious nomadic people.Judge dismisses superconductivity physicist’s lawsuit against university
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01231-0
Ranga Dias sued his university, in part, for allegedly conducting a biased investigation, which found he had committed extensive scientific misconduct.Garden-variety fungus is an expert at environmental clean-ups
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01145-x
The common fungus Aspergillus niger removes both heavy metals and organic pollutants from its surroundings.Air-travel climate-change emissions detailed for nearly 200 nations
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01148-8
Carbon emissions from flights that departed from low- and middle-income countries in 2019 totalled 417 million tonnes.Rat neurons repair mouse brains — and restore sense of smell
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01222-1
Scientists develop hybrid mice by filling in missing cells and structures in their brains with rat stem cells.Hello puffins, goodbye belugas: changing Arctic fjord hints at our climate future
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01128-y
Stunning images show an ecosystem’s upheaval as it warms at an alarming pace.Scientists urged to collect royalties from the ‘magic money tree’
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01246-7
By joining a collecting society, researchers can ensure they are paid when copyrighted book content and papers are reproduced.China's Moon atlas is the most detailed ever made
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01223-0
The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe doubles the resolution of Apollo-era maps and will support the space ambitions of China and other countries.NIH pay raise for postdocs and PhD students could have US ripple effect
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01242-x
Salary increases for the 17,000-plus recipients of an NIH research award could lead to increases in other academic settings.Bird flu in US cows: is the milk supply safe?
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01221-2
Pasteurized milk is probably not a threat to people, but fresh milk droplets on milking equipment could be spreading the virus in a herd.Are robots the solution to the crisis in older-person care?
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01184-4
Social robots that promise companionship and stimulation for older people and those with dementia are attracting investment, but some question their benefits.‘Shut up and calculate’: how Einstein lost the battle to explain quantum reality
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01216-z
By suppressing questions they considered too ‘philosophical’, post-war physicists created an unquestioning orthodoxy that influences science to this day.NATO is boosting AI and climate research as scientific diplomacy remains on ice
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01052-1
As the military alliance created to counter the Soviet Union expands, it is prioritizing studies on how climate change affects security, cyber attacks and election interference.Algorithm ranks peer reviewers by reputation — but critics warn of bias
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01235-w
There are questions about whether the tool, which could be used by editors to find and shortlist peer reviewers, would disadvantage inexperienced candidates or those in certain locations.Daily briefing: The origins of bioluminescence in animals date back over half a billion years
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01244-9
Octocorals probably evolved the ability to make light when the first animals developed eyes. Plus, the WHO has redefined ‘airborne transmission’ and how artificial intelligence is changing weapons of war.