- — China’s dementia incidence is rising fast ― outpacing the global average
- Nature, Published online: 09 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01384-6Public-health measures to curb high blood-sugar levels, smoking and obesity could help to rein in the trend.
- — Rice paddies produce food for billions ― and lots of methane
- Nature, Published online: 09 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01387-3Just five nations account for more than three-quarters of the emissions of this potent greenhouse gas that stem from rice cultivation.
- — A ‘hidden gem’ of the Amazon is a frog with odd habits
- Nature, Published online: 09 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01418-zA newly identified species of poison-dart frog seems to be monogamous, making it a rarity of its kind.
- — US environmental agency halts funding for its main science division
- Nature, Published online: 09 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01487-0E-mails reveal the stoppage at the US Environmental Protection Agency, which is encouraging workers to resign ahead of a reorganization.
- — How political attacks could crush the mRNA vaccine revolution
- Nature, Published online: 09 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01462-9Drug makers are scrambling to navigate an ‘existential threat’ to a once-celebrated technology.
- — Google AI better than human doctors at diagnosing rashes from pictures
- Nature, Published online: 09 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01437-wChatbot can analyse health-care imagery, such as PDFs of test results, to accurately diagnose a range of medical conditions.
- — Author Correction: 2023 summer warmth unparalleled over the past 2,000 years
- Nature, Published online: 09 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09095-8Author Correction: 2023 summer warmth unparalleled over the past 2,000 years
- — ‘Orwellian’: planetary scientists outraged over deletion of research records
- Nature, Published online: 09 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01438-9Researchers say that a NASA-funded institute is over-interpreting Trump’s anti-DEI order.
- — A pope, a polymath and plucky women: Books in brief
- Nature, Published online: 09 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01419-yAndrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
- — Physicists turn lead into gold — for a fraction of a second
- Nature, Published online: 09 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01484-3Colliding beams of lead create fast-moving, short-lived gold ions. Understanding the process could help to refine particle accelerator experiments.
- — Daily briefing: How we taste sweetness
- Nature, Published online: 08 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01492-3The structure of the taste receptor responsible for sweetness has finally been mapped out. Plus, the intricate patterns of cells in mouse brains illuminated with just a light microscope and a class of drugs offering hope for rare children's cancers.
- — Exclusive: documents reveal how NIH will axe climate studies
- Nature, Published online: 08 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01423-2US agency guidelines nix funding for studies on climate anxiety and more but allow it for those on extreme weather and health.
- — How skunk cabbages and other smelly plants brew their foul odour
- Nature, Published online: 08 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01413-4A small tweak to a common enzyme gives plants the ability to make smelly sulfurous molecules.
- — How quickly do humans mutate? Four generations help answer the question
- Nature, Published online: 08 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01473-6DNA sequencing of a family from children to great-grandparents reveals more mutations than previously seen.
- — Guess how much of the ocean floor humans have explored
- Nature, Published online: 08 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01431-2Hint: it’s less than 1% — a lot less.
- — Renewal of NIH grants linked to more innovative results, study finds
- Nature, Published online: 08 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01420-5Survey of hundreds of scientists’ work suggests that cutting off funding disrupts focus and reduces the novelty of research.
- — P hacking — Five ways it could happen to you
- Nature, Published online: 08 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01246-1Some data practices can lead to statistically dubious findings. Here’s how to avoid them.
- — Curiosity, drive, willingness to learn: three qualities to display at science job interviews
- Nature, Published online: 08 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01434-zRecruiters want to see evidence of your potential to grow and develop, learn from mistakes, and how well you will fit into the team, says entrepreneur Ilana Wisby.
- — Microbe that infests hospitals can digest medical-grade plastic ― a first
- Nature, Published online: 08 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01412-5The bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces an enzyme that breaks down biodegradable plastics.
- — Author Correction: Matrix-producing neutrophils populate and shield the skin
- Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09082-zAuthor Correction: Matrix-producing neutrophils populate and shield the skin
- — Publisher Correction: Stress dynamically modulates neuronal autophagy to gate depression onset
- Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09086-9Publisher Correction: Stress dynamically modulates neuronal autophagy to gate depression onset
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