Nature
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how close are we to a vaccine — or a cure?
At a major HIV conference in July, scientists announced that a seventh person had been ‘cured’ of the disease. A…
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Mysterious Oropouche virus is spreading: what you should know
The Southern house mosquito (Culex quinquefasciatus; artificially coloured) can transmit Oropouche virus to humans, but the main vector is the…
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Can floating homes make coastal communities resilient to climate risks?
Sea levels are changing rapidly and could rise by 1 metre or more by 2100 without drastic reductions in greenhouse-gas…
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Winds of change: reshaping Tenerife’s energy economy
“When harvesting wind energy, keeping an eye on turbines is crucial, particularly on an island as windy and tropical as…
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‘Fire clouds’ from super-hot wildfires are on the rise as Earth warms
A suspected arson on 24 July ignited the Park Fire in California, which had exploded to more than 140,000 hectares…
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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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