NATURE

Man versus horse: who wins?

Nature, Published online: 27 August 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02667-0 An interspecies endurance test, and a defence of Darwin’s reticence on the origins

NATURE

Scientists, your local communities need you. It’s time to step up

From tackling the COVID-19 pandemic to addressing climate change, the success of most policies depends on how they are implemented

NATURE

The cool technologies that could protect cities from dangerous heat

It’s time to brace for record-breaking heat. Last year was the hottest on record and 2024 is shaping up to

NATURE

crowdsourced database makes them easy to find

Credit: Carol Yepes/Getty Studies that try to replicate the findings of published research are hard to come by: it can

NATURE

Birth of protein folds and functions in the virome

Preparation of protein sequences Protein sequences for eukaryotic viruses present in RefSeq54 were collected through the NCBI Viruses portal (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/virus)

NATURE

Mysterious Oropouche virus is spreading: what you should know

The Southern house mosquito (Culex quinquefasciatus; artificially coloured) can transmit Oropouche virus to humans, but the main vector is the

NATURE

How I create virtual twins for fabrics and furniture

“I work in the home-goods industry, building virtual worlds that are faithful to reality, to aid online sales. For example,

NATURE

why it matters even without a formal geological definition

On 5 March 2024, the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) — the body responsible for defining units of geological time

NATURE

Why record wildfires scorched Canada last year

Soaring temperatures and arid landscapes intensified the wildfires that devastated Canada in the summer of 20231. Access options Access Nature

NATURE

How South Korea can build better gender diversity into research

When designing a research study, integrating sex and gender as variables, such as by including both female and male participants