It seemed like the opportunity of a lifetime for AM, a young Indian graduate student who loved studying reptiles. In December 2015, she began fieldwork for her master’s thesis at a non-profit organization’s turtle conservation programme. That New Year’s Eve, the 21-year-old student attended a party with her colleagues at her male supervisor’s house. At…

Lire en français Nature, in collaboration with the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC) and the Aga Khan University, will host The Future of Dementia in Africa: Advancing Global Partnerships conference in Kenya in September 2024. Nature Africa spoke to Mie Rizig, a clinical senior research fellow at University College London, and conference Scientific Committee member, about…

It was last year, during a conference at the Eden Project, the botanic garden and conservation centre in Cornwall, that Frieda Gormley first heard the dictionary definition of nature. The businesswoman and environmental activist was answering questions about her plans to appoint a representative of nature to the board of her company, House of Hackney,…

Former health official Anthony Fauci (left) had a strained relationship with then-president Donald Trump throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Earlier this month, the union representing thousands of scientists and engineers at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a new contract that includes protections for government workers who stand up for scientific integrity. A…

Abstract Tyrannosaurids were the most derived group of Tyrannosauroidea and are characterized by having two body plans: gracile, long-snouted and robust, deep-snouted skulls. Both groups lived sympatrically in central Asia. Here, we report a new deep-snouted tyrannosaurid, Asiatyrannus xui gen. et sp. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous of Ganzhou City, southeastern China, which has produced…

Specific neurons in the brains of infant mice are active when they interact with their mother.Credit: O. Giel/Juniors Bildarchiv GmbH via Alamy Researchers have identified neurons in the brains of baby mice that enable them to form a unique, strong bond with their mother in the first few days of life. Stimulating these neurons in…

Digital devices are proliferating but don’t always have the positive effect on productivity researchers might hope.Credit: Getty Video calls. Instant messaging. Voice calls. E-mails. Social media. Smartphones. Tablets. Laptops. Desktops. More digital devices equals less time to concentrate and to think. The negative effects of this on researchers are tackled by computer scientist Cal Newport…

The sustainability community is increasingly calling for transformation, but action to transform is too slow. Nature Sustainability and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation have convened an expert panel to address the issue and recommend a way forward. In January 2023, when we celebrated the fifth anniversary of Nature Sustainability1, we promised our readers…

Abstract Brain-age estimation has gained increased attention in the neuroscientific community owing to its potential use as a biomarker of brain health. The difference between estimated and chronological age based on neuroimaging data enables a unique perspective on brain development and aging, with multiple open questions still remaining in the brain-age research field. This Perspective…

Researchers have demonstrated a new way to make superheavy elements, offering a method to create element 120 — which would be the heaviest element ever made. Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, announced today that they have for the first time used a beam of titanium to make a known superheavy…