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Digital origins for ancient digits
Nature, Published online: 23 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04123-5 Pupil contractions in a talking parrot, and how ancient numerals were derived from
modular system can be tailored to any antigen
A new technology called PAGER allows researchers to create custom G-protein-coupled receptors.Credit: Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library Cell-surface receptors are crucial
science struggles in a year of environmental summits
A climate finance protest at COP29 in Baku. Science activism is increasing.Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty People in some 70 countries took
First sighting of ‘neutrino fog’ sparks excitement – but is it bad news for dark matter?
Most neutrinos that stream through Earth are produced by fusion reactions in the Sun.Credit: NASA/Goddard/SDO Physicists in Italy and China
Nanoscale imaging and control of altermagnetism in MnTe
Our vector mapping includes the local real-space detection of the orientation of the altermagnetic order vector, L = M1 − M2, with respect to
Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID
Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli has presented evidence that her lab has not worked with close relatives of SARS-CoV-2.Credit: Johannes Eisele/AFP
Pregnancy restructures the brain to prepare for childbirth and parenthood
Pritschet, L. et al. Nature Neurosci. 27, 2253–2260 (2024). Article PubMed Google Scholar Pawluski, J. L., Hoekzema, E., Leuner, B.
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