Category: Science and Nature

  • This is the largest map of the human brain ever made

    This is the largest map of the human brain ever made

    Insights into thousands of types of brain cell could improve understanding of diseases and cognition.Credit: Dennis Kunkel Microscopy/Science Photo Library Researchers have created the largest atlas of human brain cells so far, revealing more than 3,000 cell types — many of which are new to science. The work, published in a package of 21 papers…

  • Achieving UN climate goals needs purposeful, persistent action from science

    Achieving UN climate goals needs purposeful, persistent action from science

    A Canadair firefighting plane sprays water during a fire in Dervenochoria, northwest of Athens, in July.Credit: Spyros Bakalis/AFP via Getty When it comes to the alarmingly slow progress that the world is making towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — United Nations targets set in 2015 to end poverty, achieve equality and protect the environment…

  • Achieving UN climate goals needs purposeful, persistent action from science

    Achieving UN climate goals needs purposeful, persistent action from science

    A Canadair firefighting plane sprays water during a fire in Dervenochoria, northwest of Athens, in July.Credit: Spyros Bakalis/AFP via Getty When it comes to the alarmingly slow progress that the world is making towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — United Nations targets set in 2015 to end poverty, achieve equality and protect the environment…

  • AI and science: what 1,600 researchers think

    AI and science: what 1,600 researchers think

    Illustration by Acapulco Studio Artificial-intelligence (AI) tools are becoming increasingly common in science, and many scientists anticipate that they will soon be central to the practice of research, suggests a Nature survey of more than 1,600 researchers around the world. Science and the new age of AI: a Nature special When respondents were asked how…

  • AI and science: what 1,600 researchers think

    AI and science: what 1,600 researchers think

    Illustration by Acapulco Studio Artificial-intelligence (AI) tools are becoming increasingly common in science, and many scientists anticipate that they will soon be central to the practice of research, suggests a Nature survey of more than 1,600 researchers around the world. Science and the new age of AI: a Nature special When respondents were asked how…