First private Moon lander touches down on lunar surface to make history
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IL-10 constrains sphingolipid metabolism to limit inflammation
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A human embryo model mimics early development and blood-cell formation
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CAR T therapy for multiple sclerosis enters US trials for first time
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JWST reveals the fate of an iconic stellar explosion
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has solved a decades-old mystery about one of the most famous explosions of a
How whales sing without drowning, an anatomical mystery solved
Download the Nature Podcast 22 February 2024 The deep haunting tones of the world’s largest animals, baleen whales (mysticetes), are
Laser pulses engrave an unlikely surface: soap films
Soap films — thin, delicate and seemingly a blink away from popping — can be engraved by lasers under the
Science can drive development and unity in Africa — as it does in the US and Europe
Kwame Nkrumah, pictured with Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister after independence from Britain.Credit: Everett Collection Historical/Alamy It is within
Arno A. Penzias (1933–2024), co-discoverer of the cosmic microwave background
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Super-additive cooperation | Nature
A sequential social dilemma with a continuous action space In the models, pairs of players play a social dilemma. Players