NATURE
how consciousness changes the world
Living on Earth: Life, Consciousness and the Making of the Natural World Peter Godfrey-Smith William Collins (2024) Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith
What’s the secret to living to 100? Centenarian stem cells could offer clues
Credit: Nicolas Lambert/BELGA/AFP via Getty Scientists in Boston, Massachusetts have made reprogrammed stem cells from the blood of centenarians. They
Act now to stop millions of research papers from disappearing
The Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford, UK, one of the United Kingdom’s ‘legal deposit’ libraries. Access has not
How I’m creating career opportunities for researchers back home in Mexico
David Posner (at lectern) introduces his plan to bring students from Mexico’s Vasco de Quiroga University to Cambridge, UK, for
Newborn planet found in a warped system
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 20 November 2024 The disk of dust and gas that forms a planet can also block our view
our cells learned to handle the stress that comes with size
Large brains place extra demands on nerve cells.Credit: Science Pictures Ltd/SPL Humans have evolved disproportionately large brains compared with our
Trust in scientists starts to recover in the United States at last — but barely
A March for Science rally in Massachusetts. This year, public trust in scientists edged up over 2023 levels, a survey
AI protein-prediction tool AlphaFold3 is now open source
AlphaFold3 can predict the structures of proteins as they interact with DNA.Credit: Werel et al./American Society for Microbiology, Mol*, RCSB
This scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab
Viruses such as measles (pictured here) can be used to attack cancerous cells. Credit: Eye Of Science/Science Photo Library A
involve the IPCC in defining climate finance
The United Nations COP29 climate conference starts in Baku on 11 November.Credit: Sergei Grits/Associated Press/Alamy The United Nations climate bus