Tuesday, November 19, 2024

"Horse domestication gets a surprising rewrite."

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Could Ocean Engineering Pull Carbon from the Atmosphere as a Last Resort against Climate Change?
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Changing the ocean’s chemical and biological makeup could force it to pull vast amounts of planet-warming carbon from the atmosphere. But is that a line we want to cross?

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Prominent vaccine skeptic RFK, Jr., is a proven menace to public health. But with a bird flu outbreak looming, he is poised to take a perch atop the federal public health enterprise
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"How the world will weather Trump's withdrawl from global agreements."

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How the world will weather Trump’s withdrawal from global agreements

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Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03755-x The US president-elect says he will pull the country out of international treaties and partnerships. That need not lead to disorder.

Can Google Scholar survive the AI revolution?

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Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03746-y The largest scholarly search engine is celebrating its 20th birthday, but AI-driven competitors offer advantages.

How a silly science prize changed my career

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Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03756-w A levitating frog, a necrophiliac duck, taxi drivers’ brains — the Ig Nobel prizes have shined a spotlight on offbeat work. Here’s an inside look at how winners feel about this sometimes unwanted ‘honour’.

Daily briefing: NIH braces for reform as Trump administration closes in

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Nature, Published online: 16 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03794-4 We consider what might be in store for the US National Institutes of Health and explore efforts to keep talks on track at COP29.

‘Heroic interference’ should not be the endgame of coral-reef restoration

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Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03782-8

Communicate the risk as well as the promise of weight-loss drugs

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Nobel-prizewinning economics research says don’t dismantle DEI initiatives

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Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03779-3

Words won’t reduce the impact of conflict on nature — what’s needed is action

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Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03781-9

Health of people who are displaced in their own countries is a neglected global crisis

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Nature, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03760-0 Compared with cross-border refugees, people who are internally displaced receive little attention — despite their dire health needs.

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