- September 3, 2025
Air taxis will soon be in our skies — if batteries can be made safer
Batteries are already powering electric vehicles (EVs) on our roads. But they are yet to transform aviation. Although some electric passenger planes are being prototyped,
Hundreds of suspicious journals flagged by AI screening tool
An AI tool can screen thousands of journals, and identify ones that violate quality standards.Credit: PaulPaladin/Alamy Researchers have identified more than 1,000 potentially problematic open-access
Extreme armour in the world’s oldest ankylosaur
Raven, T. J., Barrett, P. M., Joyce, C. B. & Maidment, S. C. R. The phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the armoured dinosaurs (Ornithischia:
Net zero needs AI — five actions to realize its promise
In 2024, the global average annual temperature exceeded 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels for the first time. Greenhouse-gas emissions are rising, and the window to reach
ORCID launched more than a decade ago, but has yet to fulfil its potential
Researchers who track publishing trends struggle to distinguish who is who among the many empty ORCID profiles.Credit: Bim/Getty Jonas Müller knows all too well the
Protect Antarctica — or risk accelerating planetary meltdown
Far from being a remote, isolated continent, Antarctica is integral to Earth’s climate and life-support systems. Its vast ice sheet stores more than 90% of
Watch a human embryo implant itself — with brute force
A microscopic view of a nine-day-old human embryo shows a protein found in embryonic stem cells in green, developing tissue in magenta and DNA in
Impact of catastrophic flood might have been exacerbated by river-management programme
Nature, Published online: 12 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02354-8 Efforts to engineer a river to reduce flood risk might have unintentionally contributed to severe erosion of the
A rude awakening
Nature, Published online: 08 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02488-9 Just breathe. Source link
The science fiction science method
Braghieri, L., Levy, R. & Makarin, A. Social media and mental health. Am. Econ. Rev. 112, 3660–3693 (2022). Google Scholar Van Bavel, J. J., Robertson,
