- October 21, 2025
do we even need a replacement?
The statue of Alan Turing at Bletchley Park, UK.Credit: Steve Meddle/Shutterstock Today’s best artificial intelligence (AI) models sail through the Turing test, a famous thought
Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data
Success rates for Europe’s leading research grants are declining — some to single percentage points — as a surge in applications far outweighs the funds
Scientists lose jobs and grants as US government shutdown takes a toll
The closure of the US government has shuttered the Smithsonian Institution’s museums and zoo and some of its research facilities. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty The shutdown
The world’s first plastics treaty is in crisis: can it be salvaged?
Global consumption of plastics is on the rise, but only a small percentage of plastic waste is recycled. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Crucial negotiations on what
Programmable on-chip nonlinear photonics | Nature
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Weaponizing uncertainty in science and in public health puts people in harm’s way
You have full access to this article via your institution. Head of the US Food and Drugs Administration Marty Makary at the White House on
why we named our biotech firm Anocca
Anocca senior bioengineer Jonas Frey analyses data from an automated liquid-handling robot in one of the company’s research and development laboratories.Credit: Anocca The meaning behind
Author Correction: Selenium-alloyed tellurium oxide for amorphous p-channel transistors
Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium
What happens if pregnant women stop taking Tylenol?
There are limited options for pain relief during pregnancy.Credit: The Good Brigade/Getty Researchers are concerned about what will happen should pregnant women follow US President
Journals infiltrated with ‘copycat’ papers that can be written by AI
Open data sets and AI tools can be used to mass-produce low-quality, redundant papers.Credit: Tutatama/Alamy An analysis of a literature database finds that text-generating artificial
