Up Lucy Rogers Doubleday (2026) Engineer Lucy Rogers notes that “we do not cast our eyes upwards as often as our great-grandparents did”, instead looking down at our smartphones’ glow. Living on a narrowboat pushes her to learn from looking up, and her vivid book traces what she finds by paying attention to air, sky…
Itai Yanai 00:08 When I hear a big idea, when I discover a big idea, it just gives me goosebumps and inspires this, this feeling of awe. And in a sense, I’ve become like an awe junkie. David Payne 00:19 This is Creativity in Science, a series brought to you by Nature Careers. Itai Yanai…
The holographic minaret of Al-Shafi’i drilled the Adhan straight into the mastoid bone behind my ear. A neural vibration, not a sound. Maghrib. Above the coral houses of Al-Balad, the Ministry’s drones buzzed back to their hives, glutted on our biometric data. I sat on my synthetic rug in a shop squeezed between a hissing…
Artist’s impression of an extinct Nanaimoteuthis species, often called krakens, which could have rivalled large marine reptiles in terms of size.Credit: Masato Hattori/Science Photo Library In the age of the dinosaurs, while Tyrannosaurus rex terrorized the land, gargantuan octopuses might have been among the top predators in the sea. Scientists have identified extinct octopuses —…
Credit: zsv3207/Getty The beating of the heart stops cancers from growing in this organ in mice, reports a study published today in Science1. This could explain why tumours affecting the heart are so rare in all mammals, including in people. Almost all organs and tissues in the body can develop tumours, but those that affect…
Graduate student workers picket in front of the Harvard Science Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 21 April.Credit: John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Two thousand graduate student workers who went on strike at Harvard University starting on 21 April have brought a sizeable chunk of the institution’s teaching and research to a halt. Despite the…
The Chinese Academy of Sciences is no longer publishing its journal ranking. Credit: Cheng Xin/Getty The National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing has stopped publishing its influential journal ranking, taking many researchers by surprise. The ranking has had a central role in research evaluation in the country for more…
Storing sunlight in a compact and rechargeable form remains a central challenge for solar energy utilization. Molecular solar thermal (MOST) energy storage systems, which harness photon energy and release it as heat on demand, provide a direct approach … Source link
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Despite unprecedented technological progress, most drug candidates continue to fail in clinical trials, reflecting a persistent gap between preclinical models and human biology. New approach methodologies (NAMs), by spanning human-derived cellular … Source link