Share A polar bear playfully fetches a stick in the waters of Svalbard, Norway. It’s a moment of levity for an animal better known for their imposing dispositions. Photographer Tom Nickels watched the scene from a safe distance on a boat and snapped a captivating image (seen above) of the moment. Nickels’ photograph took gold…

Get ready to dive into the wonders of Louisiana’s rich outdoor heritage at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Nature and Science Center at Port Wonder, an educational facility located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, set to open in early 2025. With over 15,000 gallons of fresh and saltwater aquarium displays, the Nature and Science…

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Black History Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and conservation. Growing up in New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments, I never imagined I would one day work in conservation, bridging the gap between government, communities, and environmental advocacy.…

Living to old age is quite literally the best thing that any of us could hope for, given the alternative. It’s a cruel irony, then, that many of us who make it that far will begin to lose our sense of who we are due to dementia. If you’re 65, you’ve got about a one…

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Abstract The limitations imposed by low contact resistance, restricted polarization access, and tensile strain in bulk photovoltaic systems were mitigated by the engineering and optimization of edge semimetal contacts using Bi/Au. Improved bulk PV photocurrent and intriguing prospective applications are made possible by this effort. Over the past few decades, advancements in photovoltaic technologies have…

Donald Trump took office as US president for the second time one month ago.Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty In the wake of the Second World War, US leaders adopted the view that scientific progress is an “essential key to our security as a nation, to our better health, to more jobs, to a higher standard of living,…

The main historical building on the campus of the US National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.Credit: Grandbrothers/Alamy About a month after Donald Trump took office as the 47th US president, almost all grant-review meetings remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from…

Generative AI is being used to generate immersive video-game worlds.Credit: Jens Schlueter/Getty Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools have upended creative industries from music and film to scientific publishing. Now they’re upending the world of video games, too. In a study published in Nature on 19 February, a team of researchers reveals a generative AI engine…