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An animal source of mpox emerges — and it’s a squirrel
One of the great mysteries of the monkeypox virus has been pinpointing its ‘reservoir’ hosts — the animals that carry and spread the virus without becoming sick from it. Now, an international team of scientists suggests that it has an answer: the fire-footed rope squirrel (Funisciurus pyrropus), a forest-dwelling rodent found in West and Central…
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“A Universe of Rainbows”: Warner author releases children’s poetry anthology
Concord Monitor – “A Universe of Rainbows”: Warner author releases children’s poetry anthology <!– !function(n){if(!window.cnxps){window.cnxps={},window.cnxps.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement(‘iframe’);t.display=’none’,t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement(‘script’);c.src=’//cd.connatix.com/connatix.playspace.js’,c.setAttribute(‘async’,’1′),c.setAttribute(‘type’,’text/javascript’),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document); –> <!– –> <!– –> Warner-based poet and anthologist Matt Forrest Esenwine released a new anthology of children’s poetry at the start of the month. The book, titled “A Universe of Rainbows: Multicolored Poems for a Multicolored World,” is illustrated by artist…
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Why an overreliance on AI-driven modelling is bad for science
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is exploding across many branches of science. Between 2012 and 2022, the average proportion of scientific papers engaging with AI, across 20 fields, quadrupled (see ‘AI’s rise in research’), including economics, geology, political science and psychology1. Hopes are high that AI can accelerate scientific discovery, because the rate at…
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Daily briefing: The physicist behind baseball’s new ‘torpedo’ bat
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. The Breakthrough prize trophy’s design is inspired by imagery from science, including black holes, seashells and the structure of DNA.Credit: The Breakthrough Prizes Big prize for obesity-drug pioneers Five scientists who contributed to the development of…
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Data under duress
Climate change and climate action are socially and politically divisive topics in many countries. In addition to contributing to political disparity, climate research is also affected by political context, with consequences not only for scientists but for society as well. The Mauna Loa Observatory has maintained the longest record of atmospheric CO2, with measurements started…
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APSU Unveils Araan Schmidt’s ‘Cracked Earth’ Sculpture, Merging Art with Science and Nature – Clarksville Online – Clarksville News, Sports, Events and Information
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) Department of Art + Design, the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, the College of Arts & Letters, and the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics have installed a new publicly accessible sculpture, Araan Schmidt’s Cracked Earth, on the campus’s Arts Quad. The sculpture…
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An open-access database of nature-based carbon offset project boundaries
Abstract Nature-based climate solutions (NBS) have become an important component of strategies aiming to reduce atmospheric CO2 and mitigate climate change impacts. Carbon offsets have emerged as one of the most widely implemented NBS strategies, however, these projects have also been criticized for exaggerating offsets. Verifying the efficacy of NBS-derived carbon offset is complicated by…
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Obesity-drug pioneers and 13,508 physicists win US$3-million Breakthrough Prizes
The Breakthrough prize trophy’s design is inspired by imagery from science, including black holes, seashells and the structure of DNA.Credit: The Breakthrough Prizes Five scientists who contributed to the development of the blockbuster weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy have picked up one of this year’s US$3-million Breakthrough prizes — the most lucrative awards in science.…
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Tariffs hit science labs: Trump’s levies raise cost of supplies
NEWS 04 April 2025 Import taxes on staples such as microscopes, glassware and computer chips will affect institutions already feeling financial strain.
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Tariffs hit science labs: Trump’s levies raise cost of supplies
NEWS 04 April 2025 Import taxes on staples such as microscopes, glassware and computer chips will affect institutions already feeling financial strain.