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An advocacy group is pushing for more ‘human challenge’ trials to aid research. Plus, sparrows nearly double part of their brains to sing better during mating season and COP28 president denies pushing oil deals at climate summit.
‘Thirsty’ computing hubs could put pressure on already stretched water resources in sub-Saharan Africa. Plus, GPT-4 generates fake data set to support bogus science and what the OpenAI drama means for AI progress — and safety.
A paper claiming that a structure in Indonesia is the oldest pyramid in the world has raised the eyebrows of archaeologists. Plus, some anglerfish species live life upside down and babies start learning language in the womb.
A spike in respiratory illnesses in children is the result of common winter infections — not a novel pathogen. Plus, how to stop waves in their tracks and why we might embrace the feeling of uncertainty.
Tornadoes, earthquakes and wildfires don’t have to lead to death and destruction. Plus, the most powerful cosmic ray since the Oh-My-God particle and a ‘treasure trove’ of new CRISPR systems holds promise for genome editing.
Can the world get back on track with efforts to stay under 1.5 ℃ of warming? Plus: The US is set to announce its strategy for international partnerships to commercialize nuclear-fusion power.
Artificial intelligence can help to regain lost art treasures. Plus, brain cells that control how quickly mice eat have been identified and how to make ‘loss and damage’ climate funding work.
Mining of the ocean floor for minerals could harm deep-sea jellyfish by stressing them out with sediment. Plus, Iceland braces for volcanic eruption and seven charts on the challenge to keep global warming below 1.5 °C.
Serotine bats are the first mammals found to reproduce through non-penetrative sex. Plus, a genetic link to cannabis addiction and SpaceX’s Starship touches space for the first time.
A machine-learning algorithm can spot chemistry papers written by ChatGPT better than other chatbot-detectors can. Plus, the super-accurate weather-forecasting AI that can run from a desktop computer.
Some academics seeking a stable and fulfilling career are swapping the laboratory for the classroom. Plus, CRISPR and e-ink investigate how cuttlefish camouflage and how bacteria might help purify rare-earth elements.
AI can predict the weather more accurately than can standard tools, and it can do so from a desktop computer. Plus: the world’s first climate-change visa is agreed.
Flaring ‘Tasmanian devil’ space explosion baffles astronomers. Plus, how the high cost of the world’s first approved gene-editing treatment could limit its benefits and superconductor research enters a golden age.
Laboratory monkeys that are illegally poached from the wild and falsely labelled as captive-bred can disrupt experiments and lead to unreliable data. Plus, how researchers have been affected by the Israel–Hamas conflict and the robot chemist that could help to make oxygen on Mars.
Polarization between people who are vaccinated against COVID-19 and those who aren’t is distorting how people recall the pandemic. Plus, how chatbots could become ‘thought partners’ for learning and the United States experiences a billion-dollar climate disaster every three weeks on average.
Rats can ‘reminisce’ about places they’ve been before. Plus, how a robot chemist could make oxygen on Mars and a gene-editing method reduces cholesterol in the first human trial — but raises safety concerns.
Colombia has started sterilizing hippos that escaped from a drug-kingpin’s compound and are overrunning habitats. Plus, how the replication crisis in experimental psychology can be turned around and why neglected tropical diseases are gaining a foothold in Europe.
Some 1.9 billion people endured at least five consecutive days of extreme heat during Earth’s hottest 12 months on record. Plus, disruption at the United Kingdom’s national funder and how to tame a toxic antifungal drug.
Non-native species are often more resilient to extreme weather events than their native counterparts, according to a large meta-analysis. Plus: An update on loss and damage meetings ahead of the upcoming COP28 climate conference.
The European space telescope Euclid has released its first images, human migrations left their mark on lice DNA and engineered yeast has broken a new record.