Nature
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extreme wildfires are now more common
The frequency at which extreme fires occur around the world has more than doubled during the past two decades, according…
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How researchers and their managers can build an actionable career-development plan
A career-development plan can be a useful tool for researchers in both academia and industry.Credit: Getty Some scientists think of…
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Two decades of deep ice cores from Antarctica
Nature, Published online: 10 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01507-5 In June 2004, the results of an ambitious Antarctic ice-drilling project brought insight…
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Physicists coax molecules into exotic quantum state — ending decades-long quest
Velocity-distribution data for a gas of rubidium atoms before, during and after the appearance of a Bose–Einstein condensate. The peak…
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Researcher parents are paying a high price for conference travel — here’s how to fix it
Laura Pallett presenting her work at the British Society for Immunology Congress.Credit: Niclas Thomas “How did you manage to get…
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Tackling ‘wicked’ problems calls for engineers with social responsibility
In the nineteenth century, steamboat explosions were common — until they weren’t.Credit: Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty Wicked Problems: How to Engineer…
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official investigation reveals how superconductivity physicist faked blockbuster results
Ranga Dias, the physicist at the centre of the room-temperature superconductivity scandal, committed data fabrication, falsification and plagiarism, according to…
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is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?
Social-media platforms aren’t always social.Credit: Getty The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of…
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what it means for the future
A pig kidney is unpacked for transplant into 62-year-old Richard Slayman of Massachusetts.Credit: Massachusetts General Hospital Early success in the…
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what I learnt from using a time-tracking spreadsheet
By monitoring where she spent her time, Megan Rogers could improve her working hours and track her achievements.Credit: Getty Starting…
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