ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence system that learns from large amounts of human-produced data.Credit: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty In the two years since ChatGPT was released to the public, researchers have been using it to polish their academic writing, review the scientific literature and write code to analyse data. Although some think that the…

Credit: Nicolas Lambert/BELGA/AFP via Getty Scientists in Boston, Massachusetts have made reprogrammed stem cells from the blood of centenarians. They plan to share the cells with other researchers to better understand the factors that contribute to a long and healthy life. Early experiments are already providing insights on brain ageing. Enjoying our latest content? Login…

(Left to right) Miloš Tišma, Milica Jeličić, Jovana Kaljević, and Boris Stojilković, who all met at university, set up an online journal club to stay in touch and discuss research.Credit: Jovana Kaljevic Chasing the best scientific career opportunities often means leaving behind homes, universities and friends. This happened to the four of us when we…

Illustrations: Richard L. Tillotson Art and science have a long and intertwined history. During his five-year research trip on HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin drew his own finches; and Marianne North, his contemporary, was both a prolific painter and a botanist who set up a dedicated gallery at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London. Their…

This Black Friday, we’re a little obsessed with Lego. And with so many great Black Friday deals on science and STEM-themed Lego sets — including the Botanicals range, nature-themed sets, animals, space and more — we wanted to share them with you. We’ve scoured Amazon, Walmart, Target and Lego to bring you the biggest savings…

Lab members in John Tregoning’s group share dinner to celebrate the year’s publications.Credit: John Tregoning A small wad of cash sits in a glass beaker labelled ‘motivation’, in a safe inside John Tregoning’s office. A vaccine immunologist at Imperial College London, Tregoning sticks some money in the beaker every time someone in his laboratory has…

Can the world finally agree on how to end plastic pollution? We should know by the end of the week. Negotiators from 175 countries are in Busan, South Korea, to thrash out what many hope will be a legally binding United Nations treaty to drastically cut plastic pollution. Researchers are hopeful a strong treaty will…

Attending a psychology conference this month, I was struck by an unsettling trend in social-science research. The abstract book revealed that nearly all of the 1,500 posters and talks related to some kind of confirmatory work — using statistical analyses to test an existing hypothesis. Hardly any reported the sort of open-ended exploratory research needed…

Attending a psychology conference this month, I was struck by an unsettling trend in social-science research. The abstract book revealed that nearly all of the 1,500 posters and talks related to some kind of confirmatory work — using statistical analyses to test an existing hypothesis. Hardly any reported the sort of open-ended exploratory research needed…

Donald Trump will take office on 20 January 2025.Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty The re-election of Donald Trump as US president raises the prospect of big changes in US science, in terms of policy, funding and research. Nature asked six life scientists which priorities they’d like to see the administration focus on once Trump takes office in…