In Nature this week: Climate pledges – fully realizing current promises could limit warming to just below 2 °C , but 1.5 °C is still out of reach. Browse the full issue here: https://t.co/eEMf9XL8lBpic.twitter.com/GuaC5pdolG
No human has set foot on the Moon for decades. But an armada of exciting new missions are set to explore the lunar surface once more.
The DNA detective
The consumer genetic testing kits hitting the shelves have allowed scientists to piece together our family trees better than ever before. Geneticist Prof Turi King tells us more.
Fit to burst
Inflation is a pretty useful tool in nature. Zoologist Jules Howard takes a closer look at some of the incredible animals that can blow themselves up like balloons.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Metaverse
What is the metaverse, can anyone visit, and where’s the best place to go?
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April 18, 2022 – The street corner on this week’s cover, with towering luxury condos rising among modest family homes, evokes a neighborhood in transition—a scene that is being repeated across New York City’s outer boroughs. We talked to the artist Nicole Rifkin, who lived in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights before rising rents pushed her out, about a sense of belonging and observing the small details of the place where you live.
An in-depth look at the region’s Etruscan history and best archaeological sites
New Florence hotels that artfully blend heritage and modernity
Why your next al fresco meal in Tuscany should be at a vineyard
The regional dish Tuscany’s top food writers can’t live without
Plus learn how to make the ultimate Tuscan comfort food, pappa al pomodoro, visit smaller towns for charm without the crowds, wade into the region’s best thermal spas, and more!
A new, very-high-precision measurement of the W boson mass suggests that improvements to calculations or extensions to the standard model of particle physics might be needed.
Liberal centrists around the world should see Emmanuel Macron as a cautionary tale: one person alone cannot sustain the radical centre. Our cover explains why he still gets our vote, but with reservations https://t.co/AbrlQYRcOopic.twitter.com/8Uo8XaXPnY