AI & robotics briefing: Why AI needs to see the ‘ugly’ side of science
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01447-0
The absence of negative results in the scientific literature is affecting AI tools trained on published data. Plus, why animals still outrun robots and AlphaFold gets major upgrade.Daily briefing: Amazing auroras are just a warm-up — more solar storms are coming
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01439-0
The upcoming solar maximum means more and bigger solar storms to come. Plus, how to decarbonize the workhorse of fossil fuel production: oil refineries.Author Correction: Magneto-optics in a van der Waals magnet tuned by self-hybridized polaritons
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07544-4
Author Correction: Magneto-optics in a van der Waals magnet tuned by self-hybridized polaritons2023 summer warmth unparalleled over the past 2,000 years
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07512-y
2023 summer warmth unparalleled over the past 2,000 yearsAfrica’s lush tropical forests face a surprising threat: fire
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01395-9
Climate change and deforestation have increased the frequency of blazes in the humid forests of West and Central Africa.Balls of lightning and flames from the sky: can science explain?
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01367-z
A book cataloguing mysterious events challenges scientists to provide some answers, and Charles Darwin continues his investigations of crimes against primroses, in the weekly dip into Nature’s archive.A DARPA-like agency could boost EU innovation — but cannot come at the expense of existing schemes
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01412-x
If Europe wants to create a high-risk, high-reward research body, it needs grass-roots backing.Why mathematics is set to be revolutionized by AI
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01413-w
Cheap data and the absence of coincidences make maths an ideal testing ground for AI-assisted discovery — but only humans will be able to tell good conjectures from bad ones.Real-world plastic-waste success stories can help to boost global treaty
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01422-9
Real-world plastic-waste success stories can help to boost global treatyInterpersonal therapy can be an effective tool against the devastating effects of loneliness
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01420-x
Interpersonal therapy can be an effective tool against the devastating effects of lonelinessInequality is bad — but that doesn’t mean the rich are
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01419-4
Inequality is bad — but that doesn’t mean the rich areStandardized metadata for biological samples could unlock the potential of collections
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01421-w
Standardized metadata for biological samples could unlock the potential of collectionsHow does ChatGPT ‘think’? Psychology and neuroscience crack open AI large language models
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01314-y
Researchers are striving to reverse-engineer artificial intelligence and scan the ‘brains’ of LLMs to see what they are doing, how and why.The phenomenon of genomic imprinting was discovered 40 years ago
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01338-4
Some genes carry an ‘imprint’ on either the maternal or the paternal copy, which determines whether or not that copy is expressed. This 1984 discovery changed how scientists think about gene regulation and inheritance.How men evolved to care for babies — before society got in the way
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01371-3
An exploration of the evolution of male nurturing shows why, unlike fathers among other great apes, human dads are biologically wired to be hands-on parents.Mega study charts how genetic variants affect metabolism
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00458-1
A genome-wide association study of metabolic biomarkers in 136,000 participants discovered more than 400 independent genomic regions affecting metabolism. The study also highlighted the importance of participant characteristics, such as fasting status, that can substantially affect the genetic associations.Daily briefing: Internet use seems to boost well-being
Nature, Published online: 13 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01434-5
A survey of people in 168 countries finds that Internet use might boost life satisfaction and sense of purpose. Plus, what a Neanderthal’s Mona-Lisa smile tells us about ourselves and how the cauliflower got its whorls.Dazzling auroras are just a warm-up as more solar storms are likely, scientists say
Nature, Published online: 13 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01432-7
Nature talks to physicists about what to expect in the next months and beyond as the Sun hits its 'maximum'.Brain-reading device is best yet at decoding ‘internal speech’
Nature, Published online: 13 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01424-7
Technology that enables researchers to interpret brain signals could one day allow people to talk using only their thoughts.Human embryos embrace asymmetry to form the body
Nature, Published online: 13 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01403-y
The cells generated by the very first division of the fertilized egg make a lopsided contribution to the body’s organs and tissues.