NATURE
-
Carbon pricing reduces emissions
Nature, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02293-w A meta-analysis of 21 carbon-pricing schemes suggests that the strategy reduces greenhouse-gas emissions.…
Read More » -
the hidden link between star-forming molecular clouds
The discovery that three star-forming clouds in our cosmic neighbourhood form a single C-shaped structure offers insights into how such…
Read More » -
Three-year delay for Indian census frustrates researchers
A census worker records details from women and children in Hyderabad, India during the last census in 2011.Credit: Mahesh Kumar…
Read More » -
Your reagent is past its use-by date. Should you bin it?
Even if their best-before dates have passed, some materials can still be used — and doing so is often a…
Read More » -
What Twisters gets right — and wrong — about tornado science
When Hollywood producers showed up a few years ago at Sean Waugh’s office, he couldn’t wait to show them his…
Read More » -
How PhD students and other academics are fighting the mental-health crisis in science
On the first day of her class, Annika Martin asks the assembled researchers at the University of Zurich in Switzerland…
Read More » -
‘thrilling’ play shows fight for landmark climate treaty
Kyoto Dir . Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK 18 June to 13 Jul 2024 Climate change…
Read More » -
Fossils found far from the Equator point to globetrotting tetrapods
Nature, Published online: 03 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02116-y Ancient specimens of a previously undescribed species of four-limbed vertebrate fill a gap…
Read More » -
The Milky Way is ‘less weird’ than we thought
Our Galactic home just got a remodel. Peering through the dust and gas that intersperse our Galaxy, astronomers have found…
Read More » -
oddball ‘jumping gene’ enzyme edits genomes without breaking DNA
Jumping genes, such as the ones that give this corn its distinctive coloration, have provided a new gene-editing mechanism.Credit: Getty…
Read More »