Nearly half of China’s major cities are sinking — some ‘rapidly’
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by Xiaoying You
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Nature, Published online: 18 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01149-7 Tens of millions of people in the country’s coastal lands might find their homes below sea level by 2120 owing to sinking and sea-level rise ..read more
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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is ‘transforming’ from repeated coral bleaching
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by Bianca Nogrady
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Nature, Published online: 19 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01151-z The coral reef is currently experiencing its worst mass bleaching event on record — warming waters brought on by climate change are to blame ..read more
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Dogwhistles, drilling and the roots of Western civilization: Books in brief
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by Andrew Robinson
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Nature, Published online: 19 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01160-y Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks ..read more
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Why queasiness kills hunger: brain circuit identified
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by Gillian Dohrn
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Nature, Published online: 18 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01037-0 Feelings of hunger, nausea and fullness seem to be governed by separate brain circuits, finds a study in mice ..read more
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Daily briefing: Food is medicine
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by Flora Graham
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Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01153-x Evidence is growing that targeted dietary interventions can treat, delay and even prevent some illnesses. Plus, an AI model helps track the spread of metastatic cancers and how climate lawsuits push governments and companies to act ..read more
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Daily briefing: AI now beats humans at basic reading and maths
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by Katrina Krämer
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Nature, Published online: 16 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01125-1 Artificial intelligence systems can now nearly match — and sometimes exceed — human performance in basic tasks. Plus, NASA admits that plan to bring Mars rocks to Earth won’t work and three new species of extinct giant kangaroos discovered ..read more
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Violent volcanoes have wracked Jupiter’s moon Io for billions of years
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by Sarah Wild
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Nature, Published online: 18 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01138-w Understanding the volcanic moon’s history could offer fresh insights into conditions on early Earth ..read more
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We must protect the global plastics treaty from corporate interference
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by Martin Wagner
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Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01090-9 A United Nations-backed agreement to end plastic pollution is within reach — but only if scientists, civil society and businesses unite against powerful vested interests ..read more
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Meet ‘goldene’: this gilded cousin of graphene is also one atom thick
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by Mark Peplow
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Nature, Published online: 18 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01118-0 Sheets of gold might find use as catalysts, or in light-sensing devices ..read more
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Nanoparticle fix opens up tricky technique to forensic applications
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by Peter J. Vikesland
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Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01015-6 A technique called surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy can detect tiny quantities of compounds in solution, but has been difficult to use for quantitative analysis. A digital approach involving nanoparticles suggests a way forward ..read more
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