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Mental maps help monkeys to navigate without sensory input
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 29 July 2024 Cognitive maps are internal representations of the external environment. Evidence from monkeys shows that a…
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Could crabs be conscious, can you beat hypochondria and more: top reads for summer
Marginlands Arati Kumar-Rao Pan Macmillan (2023) Climate change will hit hardest the people living in the world’s most fragile landscapes.…
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Your reagent is past its use-by date. Should you bin it?
Even if their best-before dates have passed, some materials can still be used — and doing so is often a…
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how endangered-species researchers find hope in the dark
Luis Coloma grew up in Guaranda, Ecuador, a small city in the Andes nestled in a high valley near the…
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Bionic leg moves like a natural limb — without conscious thought
Trial participants with the robotic system could walk faster than those with standard robotic legs.Credit: H. Song et al./Nature Medicine…
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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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