Nature Magazine — February 6, 2025 Preview

Volume 638 Issue 8049

NATURE MAGAZINE (February 5, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Sight Unseen’ – Infrared capabilities of JWST reveal horde of previously undetectable asteroids…

Even at one month, a baby’s brain shows an aptitude for smell

Brain regions linked to the sense of smell in adults were activated in infants exposed to the odours of petrol, strawberry and more.

How a wobbly arrow can achieve superpropulsion

A flexible dart with a weighted tip can have 60% more kinetic energy than a rigid one, experiments show.

Who’s the new furry neighbour? It might be a wolverine

The large carnivores are spreading out of remote mountains and into areas settled by humans.

What lies beneath Europa’s icy surface? Perhaps a heart of metal

One of Jupiter’s biggest moons has the potential to harbour life in a subsurface sea. The nature of its core will provide information about that ocean.

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