The 50th anniversary of a key paper on how bird flight evolved
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00746-w For a century, scientists pondered whether bird flight evolved by animals gliding down
AI image generators often give racist and sexist results: can they be fixed?
Illustration by Ada Zielińska In 2022, Pratyusha Ria Kalluri, a graduate student in artificial intelligence (AI) at Stanford University in
Why menopause keeps evolving in whales
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I study small organisms to tackle big climate problems
“Some of the oldest organisms on Earth are cyanobacteria: they have a fossil record dating back 3,500 million years. These
UK universities urged to share information on harassers
Organizations around the world are starting to share information on past cases of sexual harassment, but academic institutions have yet
‘Bandit’ algorithms help chemists to discover generally applicable conditions for reactions
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Connecting girls in Brazil to inspiring female scientists
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Can lessons from infants solve the problems of data-greedy AI?
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the career costs for scientists battling long COVID
People with long COVID often struggle to get sufficient support in the workplace; researchers are no exception.Credit: Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/Shutterstock
Are we all doomed? How to cope with the daunting uncertainties of climate change
How doomed are we? It’s a question I have been asked as a climate scientist many times over the years,