Crooked Bough News Round-up

— Author Correction: Remote detection of a lunar granitic batholith at Compton–Belkovich

 

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Nature, Published online: 25 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06579-3Author Correction: Remote detection of a lunar granitic batholith at Compton–Belkovich

— A molnupiravir-associated mutational signature in global SARS-CoV-2 genomes

 

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Nature, Published online: 25 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06649-6A molnupiravir-associated mutational signature in global SARS-CoV-2 genomes

— Distinguishing features of Long COVID identified through immune profiling

 

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Nature, Published online: 25 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06651-yDistinguishing features of Long COVID identified through immune profiling

— Octopus emotions, and past lessons for present innovation: Books in brief

 

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Nature, Published online: 25 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03003-8Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

— ‘If I drop this, I’ll kill the queen’: how I launched a veterinary practice for bees

 

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Nature, Published online: 25 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03001-wElizabeth Hilborn is among just a handful of people in the United States who are medically trained to treat honey bees.

— COVID vaccines linked to unexpected vaginal bleeding

 

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Nature, Published online: 25 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02996-6A large cohort study measured how frequently women reported bleeding after receiving COVID-19 jabs.

— Shock delay to net-zero pledges turns UK from climate leader to laggard

 

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Nature, Published online: 25 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02987-7It could have shown vision and leadership. Instead, the country that proudly hosted the 2021 COP26 climate summit is ignoring the advice of its own researchers.

— How Dolly the sheep's legacy lives on: CRISPR cattle and cloned camels

 

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Nature, Published online: 25 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02921-xDolly-style animal cloning underpins CRISPR livestock, but changes loom for the field.

— This is what Earth’s continents will look like in 250 million years

 

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Nature, Published online: 25 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03005-6Only a fraction of the planet’s surface will be habitable to mammals when the next supercontinent, Pangaea Ultima, forms.

— ‘Benevolent’ patent extensions could raise billions for R&D in poorer countries

 

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Nature, Published online: 25 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02998-4Research into vaccines, crop seeds and other innovations for low- or middle-income nations could be rewarded by offering longer patent coverage for profitable, non-essential inventions.

— ‘I remind people all the time that science can wait’

 

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Nature, Published online: 25 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03022-5Christopher Reddy helped to quantify the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a stressful experience that changed his view of what it means to be a well-rounded scientist and person.

— Special delivery! Biggest-ever haul of asteroid dust and rock returns to Earth

 

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Nature, Published online: 24 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02954-2Samples collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission excite scientists with their potential to reveal secrets of the Solar System.

— How lasers detect day-length changes of a few milliseconds

 

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Nature, Published online: 22 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02919-5Device decades in the making senses very small alterations in Earth’s rotation.

— Culture clashes: unpicking the power dynamics between research managers and academics

 

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Nature, Published online: 22 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02983-xSome researchers thank admin colleagues with chocolates or wine. But deadline pressures, and the need to generate research income, can sometimes result in bullying.

— Earth’s average 2023 temperature is now likely to reach 1.5 °C of warming

 

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Nature, Published online: 22 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02995-7But to breach the Paris agreement’s limit, the heating must be sustained for many years.

— Is depression lifting? AI that interprets brain waves has answers

 

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Nature, Published online: 22 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02979-7A pattern of brain activity linked with recovery from severe depression could be used to improve therapies such as deep-brain stimulation

— AlphaFold touted as next big thing for drug discovery — but is it?

 

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Nature, Published online: 22 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02984-wQuestions remain about whether the AI tool for predicting protein structures can really shake up the pharmaceutical industry.

— Proposed law could protect academic freedom across Europe

 

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Nature, Published online: 22 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03006-5Some European governments are tightening their political grip on universities, sparking calls for action.

— How to train your jellyfish: brainless box jellies learn from experience

 

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Nature, Published online: 22 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02975-xResearchers have shown that the creatures can learn to avoid obstacles using visual and mechanical cues, despite not having a brain.

— Vaccine specialist Peter Hotez: scientists are ‘under attack for someone else’s political gain’

 

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Nature, Published online: 21 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02981-zThe physician-researcher who spoke out against misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic says attacks against science are formidable — and getting worse.

— Genomes reveal yellow fever’s deadly route through Brazil

 

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Nature, Published online: 01 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02716-0New RNA sequences show the path that the virus travelled from the Amazon to the densely populated south.

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