Hungarian science has undergone rapid changes

I appreciate the mention of recent efforts to strengthen the research system in Hungary in your News article on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s fall from power (see Nature 652, 839–840; 2026). Following my appointment as president of the Hungarian Research Network (HUN-REN) in May 2023, this self-governing research organization of 15 institutions performed a…

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Clairo Achieves Third Billion-Stream Project With ‘Charm’ On Spotify

Clairo hit another massive streaming milestone with her album ‘Charm’ reaching one billion streams on Spotify. The achievement makes this her third project to cross the billion-stream threshold, cementing her status as one of indie pop’s most consistent streaming powerhouses. PopCrave shared the news on social media, noting that ‘Charm’ joins two of Clairo‘s previous…

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what are they and what can they do?

World models, like Nvidia’s Cosmos, trained on physics data could help build better AI-controlled robots. Credit: NVIDIA Corporation An ongoing trend in artificial intelligence (AI) could have huge implications for how the technology is used in research. Machine-learning systems such as large language models (LLMs), which turn prompts into text, images and video, are becoming…

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