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NATURE MAGAZINE – MAY 8, 2025 RESEARCH PREVIEW

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NATURE MAGAZINE (May 7, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Relative Gains’ – Complete genome sequences for six ape species offer insights into human evolution…

Storm of seizures in a baby’s brain calms after trial therapy

The treatment, which aimed to block production of a mutant protein, reduced the frequency of infant’s seizures, but did not improve neurological impairments.

Tattoo-making tools used by ancient Maya revealed

The stone fragments had been discovered inside ‘Handprint Cave’ in Belize alongside other artefacts suggestive of ritual use.

One of the world’s richest lithium deposits began inside a mega-volcano

Lithium that pooled in a volcanic caldera in the western United States had no way out, thanks to a lack of rivers.

For these bats, eavesdropping is a valuable learnt skill

Over time, young fringe-lipped bats learn how to distinguish the calls of palatable frogs from those of toxic ones.

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Nature Magazine – April 24, 2025 Research Preview

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NATURE MAGAZINE (April 23, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Spatial Awareness’ – AI-powered profiling of immune-cell distribution reveals risk of liver cancer recurring…

Mystery of medieval manuscripts revealed by ancient DNA

Biomolecular analysis shows that unusual book coverings are made of sealskin, hinting at far-flung trade networks.

Print, melt, repeat: 3D-printing formula yields sturdy objects time after time

Complex shapes made of a specially formulated resin are easily recycled into other, equally durable objects.

Roses are red — but their ancestors were yellow

A genomic analysis of 84 species in the genus Rosa traces the evolutionary history of the beloved flower.

Liquids in a glass recover a graceful shape even after being shaken

Oil and water contained in a cylinder with magnetic nickel particles form the shape of a Grecian urn.

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Scientific American Magazine – May 2025

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MAGAZINE (April 15, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Mind Stretching Shapes’ – The loops, knots and structures pushing the boundaries of math…

How Can We Know If an Asteroid Will Hit Earth?

Suddenly Miners Are Tearing Up the Seafloor for Critical Metals

Willem Marx

Mathematicians’ Favorite Shapes Hold the Key to Big Mathematical Mysteries

Rachel Crowell, Violet Frances

A Deadly Parasite Threatens Bees and 130 Crops They Help Grow

Hannah Nordhaus

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Science Magazine – April 4, 2025 Research Preview

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SCIENCE MAGAZINE (April 3, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Sounds Like Imaging’ – Thin sound sheets visualize living opaque organs…

Stellarators, once fusion’s dark horse, hit their stride

Multiple companies aim to build pilot plants using twisted magnets

Ancient DNA illuminates ‘green Sahara’ dwellers

Skeletons from an ancient, lush interlude offer genetic peek at a lost population

‘Uniquely human’ language capacity found in bonobos

Study is the first to show an animal combining different calls to make new meanings

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Science: Nature Magazine – March 20, 2025 Preview

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NATURE MAGAZINE (March 19, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Double Impact’ – Whole genome duplication drives multicellular adaptation over 5,000 generations in the lab…

Mega-storm dumps 11 billion tonnes of snow ― and builds up a melting ice sheet

A well-timed atmospheric river dropped enough snow on Greenland for its ice sheet to lose 8% less mass than expected.

Bad romance: male octopuses inject deadly venom into their mates

The paralysing toxin deployed by the male blue-lined octopus might help to protect him from being eaten.

How extreme lethargy can promote healthy ageing

The drop in body temperature that occurs during a torpid state is linked to molecular markers of longer life in mice.

Robotic fingers can tell objects apart by touch

Prosthetic appendage uses three layers of touch sensors to accurately differentiate between textures.

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Nature Magazine – March 13, 2025 Research Preview

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NATURE MAGAZINE (March 12, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Good Or Bad?’ – Simple two-point rating system curbs racial bias in the gig economy.

Who’s likely to wake up from a coma? Brainwaves provide a clue

The presence of a pattern called a sleep spindle helps to predict which people will recover from an unresponsive state.

A super-gel stays supple from −115 ºC to 143 ºC

A network of two polymers plus sulfuric acid allows a hydrogel to keep its elasticity and softness at extreme temperatures.

Ancient puppets that smile or scowl hint at shared rituals

Clay figurines found on top of the remnants of a pyramid in what is now El Salvador might have been used in public ceremonies.

The surprising culprit for the loss of huge swathes of tropical forest

Analysis of satellite imagery of the Brazilian Amazon, the Congo Basin and New Guinea helps to show that ‘secondary’ roads take an outsized toll.

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Nature Magazine —– March 6, 2025 Preview

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NATURE MAGAZINE (March 5, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Fungal Waves’ – How mycorrhizal fungi build supply-chain networks for underground nutrient exchange…

Lhasa′s rocks reveal an Australian birthplace

Granite from the chunk of Earth’s crust called the Lhasa terrane did not come from India, as had previously been thought, but from much further afield.

Our Galaxy’s central black hole puts on a fireworks show

The James Webb Space Telescope uncovered repeated flares from the supermassive object called Sagittarius A*.

Just a smidgen of yellow-fever vaccine is enough

The standard protective dose is almost 14,000 units, but even 500 units raises antibody levels sufficiently to do the job.

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Nature Magazine – February 13, 2025

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NATURE MAGAZINE (February 12, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Cosmic Catcher; – Deep sea telescope detects neutrino with highest energy ever recorded.

How to make the perfect egg: give it lukewarm baths

Process turns out eggs with delectable texture and high nutritional value.

How COVID vaccination keeps a ‘breakthrough’ infection in check

The vaccines’ effect on inflammation-promoting cells might help to explain why the jabs protect against severe disease.

Record-setting trove of buried beads speaks to power of ancient women

A Copper Age burial in Spain holds the largest collection of beads ever found ― enough to require a tonne of shellfish as raw material.

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Nature Magazine — February 6, 2025 Preview

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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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Science: Nature Magazine – January 29, 2025 Preview

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NATURE MAGAZINE (January 29, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Deposit Accopunt’ – How brine evaporation left sodium salts on the asteroid Bennu…