NATURE
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Fancy birds decorate nests with a natural pattern: snakeskin
More than 70 bird species adorn their nests with snakeskin, a decorating trick that could help to fend off predators1.…
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Walls. Thick, dark, stone walls. Ben couldn’t recall how long he’d been here. There was nothing to help him keep…
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How a silly science prize changed my career
Download the 27 December long read podcast Marc Abrahams created the Ig Nobel prizes in 1991, after years of collecting…
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a festive parody song from the Nature Podcast
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Explore 2024 with Leif Penguinson
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a hero was born: Leif Penguinson, a Rockhopper penguin on a mission to…
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Vapour-deposited thin films raise the possibility of portable nuclear clocks
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 18 December 2024 A rare isotope, thorium-229, exhibits a unique low-energy nuclear transition that could form the basis…
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First sighting of ‘neutrino fog’ sparks excitement – but is it bad news for dark matter?
Most neutrinos that stream through Earth are produced by fusion reactions in the Sun.Credit: NASA/Goddard/SDO Physicists in Italy and China…
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How a biochemistry department used redacted job applications to achieve gender parity
Concealing some of the information on job applications led to more women being hired.Credit: Christopher Ames/Getty In 2017, when Sherri…
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the physicist on a mission to build the world’s first nuclear clock
Ekkehard Peik thought it would take only a few months to create the basic ingredients of a radical new clock.…
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Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID
Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli has presented evidence that her lab has not worked with close relatives of SARS-CoV-2.Credit: Johannes Eisele/AFP…
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