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Bonobos know when you’re in the know ― and when you’re not

Bonobos, which are among our closest relatives, can adjust their communication to account for what other individuals know1. Access options Access Nature and 54 other

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How the World Health Organization can thrive without the United States

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is keen to maintain ‘constructive dialogue’ with the United States.Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty The executive board of the World Health Organization

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‘There is life after burnout in academia’

Adam Levy: 00:02 Hello. I’m Adam Levy, and this is Mind Matters: Academia’s Mental Health Crisis, a podcast from Nature Careers. In this episode, we’re

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Evidence that engineered muscle could patch up failing hearts

RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 29 January 2025 Sustainable engraftment of heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) can be achieved by implanting patches of engineered heart muscle onto the surface

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70% of Nature poll respondents use platform

Social-media platform Bluesky has more than 27 million users.Credit: Peter Kováč/Alamy Seventy per cent of Nature readers who responded to an online poll are using

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Trump’s team halts NIH meetings and travel

A vaccine research centre on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.Credit: Alamy Confusion and anxiety is rippling through the US

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theoretical chemist who first simulated proteins using molecular dynamics

Credit: Cyril Frésillon/CNRS Photothèque Martin Karplus was a theoretical chemist who set out to explore the fundamentals of his subject, but always with an eye

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AI-designed proteins tackle century-old problem — making snake antivenoms

Snake venom can cause paralysis, tissue damage and death.Credit: Ingo Schulz/imageBROKER via Getty Proteins designed using artificial intelligence (AI) can block the lethal effects of

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Retractions caused by honest mistakes are extremely stressful, say researchers

Authors who had a paper retracted said their data errors were mostly caused by inattention or technical problems.Credit: Jacob Wackerhausen/Getty Most researchers whose papers are

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Earth breaches 1.5 °C climate limit for the first time: what does it mean?

People in New Delhi, India, wait in line for water in June 2024 during a heat wave.Credit: Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty It’s official: