- October 9, 2024
When we’re stars
> With a bit of mica-flecked epoxy, I thought I could gild away the rift in the teacup of yours that I smashed. You believed
Women are better than men at science job interviews
An analysis of the academic job market finds that women are more successful at turning job interviews into offers than are men.Credit: Getty An investigation
Sewage lurks in coastal waters — often unnoticed by widely used test
Human sewage contaminates many more harbours and other coastal water bodies than previously realized, according to testing conducted across five continents1. Access options Access Nature
‘Cocaine of the seas’ — how a luxury food is wreaking ecological mayhem
Zoologist Yolarnie Amepou heard whispers about the fish frenzy when she made her first trip to the Kikori River Delta in the remote reaches of
Evidence of dead people posed on dead horses found in ancient tomb
A 2,800-year-old royal burial in Siberia includes what archaeologists think were people posed on horseback — after both the humans and the horses had been
Believe it or not, this lush green landscape is Antarctica
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Victor Ambros (left) and Gary Ruvkun
GPS tracking reveals how hares shape lynx populations
NEWS AND VIEWS 08 October 2024 Lynx numbers ebb and flow as these predators hunt hares across Alaska, but analysis suggests that this population wave
Nobel prizes are globally unrepresentative — the nomination process must be opened up
The annual Lindau conferences (pictured) introduce early-career scientists to Nobel prizewinners.Credit: Christian Flemming/Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings It’s Nobel Prize week, and history indicates that the
How to keep research afloat during an administrative stint
Credit: Adapted from Getty When the job of department chair became available in 2009, Glenn Geher decided to take on the challenge. “Partly, I thought
Accidental gunpowder blast caused an uproar at London Zoo in 1874
Nature, Published online: 08 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03185-9 Dinosaur bones found on the shores of an African Great Lake, and unintentional explosions get London’s birds into