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<b>Drill, baby drill? Trump policies will hurt climate </b><b>― but US green transition is underway</b>

Nature Updates - Tue, 04/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00243-8

Market forces could undercut the administration’s plans to increase the use of fossil fuels such as oil and petrol.

Fish gills and human ears share the same genetic blueprint

Nature Updates - Tue, 04/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00342-6

Gills and mammalian ears bear little resemblance, yet examination of gene regulation reveals that key supportive cartilage tissue arises from similar embryonic cells guided by an evolutionarily conserved genetic program.

Grand Canyons on the Moon

Nature Updates - Tue, 04/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00263-4

How Grand Canyon-sized lunar-valleys could have been carved in mere minutes.

Charles Darwin’s brilliance was continuously evolving

Nature Updates - Tue, 04/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00065-8

The cumulative process of scientific creativity and a noisy lizard’s midnight snack feature in our weekly dive into Nature’s archive.

How are researchers using AI? Survey reveals pros and cons for science

Nature Updates - Tue, 04/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00343-5

Despite strong interest in using artificial intelligence to make research faster, easier and more accessible, researchers say they need more support to navigate its possibilities.

How the World Health Organization can thrive without the United States

Nature Updates - Tue, 04/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00283-0

If the 193 remaining member nations want the WHO to succeed, they must find a way to pay for it.

Author Correction: GZMK-expressing CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells promote recurrent airway inflammatory diseases

Nature Updates - Tue, 04/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08712-w

Author Correction: GZMK-expressing CD8+ T cells promote recurrent airway inflammatory diseases

Author Correction: Virus-induced senescence is a driver and therapeutic target in COVID-19

Nature Updates - Tue, 04/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08718-4

Author Correction: Virus-induced senescence is a driver and therapeutic target in COVID-19

Can you ever experience true silence? Intimate exhibition offers insight

Nature Updates - Tue, 04/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00297-8

An immersive show in Paris leaves you humbled by the awesome power of quiet.

‘Despair is not an option’ — how scientists can help protect federal research

Nature Updates - Tue, 04/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00290-1

Government scientists in the US must be clear-eyed and continue to serve the public.

Can this revolutionary plastics-recycling plant help solve the pollution crisis?

Nature Updates - Tue, 04/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00293-y

A world-first facility has a new way to break down ‘unrecyclable’ plastic waste.

Net-zero emissions commitments are more threatened than ever

Nature Updates - Tue, 04/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00353-3

Net-zero emissions commitments are more threatened than ever

The world must move forwards with plastics treaty

Nature Updates - Tue, 04/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00351-5

The world must move forwards with plastics treaty

Report both positive and negative effects of gene changes on crops

Nature Updates - Tue, 04/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00354-2

Report both positive and negative effects of gene changes on crops

Guerilla rewilding undermines evidence-based conservation

Nature Updates - Tue, 04/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00352-4

Guerilla rewilding undermines evidence-based conservation

How scientists labour on love and loss

Nature Updates - Tue, 04/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00318-6

Romance and relationships are research topics for some scientists in academia and the private sector. Nature asked them for their insights.

Daily briefing: A ‘data apocalypse’ at US public-health agencies

Nature Updates - Mon, 03/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 03 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00369-9

The month’s most stunning science images. Plus, a ‘data apocalypse’ as US public-health agencies move to comply with wide-ranging executive orders.

Exclusive: how NSF is scouring research grants for violations of Trump’s orders

Nature Updates - Mon, 03/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 03 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00365-z

The US National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil.

How COVID vaccination keeps a ‘breakthrough’ infection in check

Nature Updates - Mon, 03/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 03 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00327-5

The vaccines’ effect on inflammation-promoting cells might help to explain why the jabs protect against severe disease.

Omega-3 supplements slow biological ageing

Nature Updates - Mon, 03/02/2025 - 00:00

Nature, Published online: 03 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00355-1

The anti-ageing effect was even greater when combined with vitamin D and exercise.