Government plans often go astray
Nature, Published online: 20 August 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02666-1 The problems of political planning in 80 countries, and chemistry’s contributions to archaeology,
How ‘green’ electricity from wood harms the planet — and people
The town of Hamlet, North Carolina, seemed to hit the jackpot in September 2014. After the community had endured decades
schemes selling fake references alarm scientists
Citations for cash: researchers have identified services where scholars can buy citations to their papers in bulk.Credit: Vergani_Fotografia/Getty Research-integrity watchers
These decoy ‘female’ fireflies lure males to their doom in a spider’s embrace
Some orb-weaving spiders can hijack firefly mating signals to lure victims1. Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio
video games improved mental health during COVID
Video games boosted people’s well-being and reduced distress.Credit: Yong Teck Lim/Getty Playing video games for a couple of hours a
50,000 scans reveal possible patterns of damage
Some parts of the brain tend to atrophy and deform in concert with other regions.Credit: Zephyr/SPL An analysis of almost
The Amazon is relinquishing its carbon — for a surprising reason
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 19 August 2024 Degradation of the Amazon’s tree canopy is the main culprit, although the complete clearance of
Can floating homes make coastal communities resilient to climate risks?
Sea levels are changing rapidly and could rise by 1 metre or more by 2100 without drastic reductions in greenhouse-gas
UK’s new science minister on budget battles, Brexit and AI leadership
Last month, UK researchers welcomed the appointment of one of their own as science minister, the ultimate position of power
Primordial black holes are too scarce to explain dark matter
NEWS AND VIEWS 19 August 2024 A decades-long survey of a nearby galaxy has detected signals consistent with ancient black