Drivers of social influence in the Twitter migration to Mastodon - Scientific Reports (www.nature.com)
‘Head-scratcher’: first look at asteroid dust brought to Earth offers surprises (www.nature.com)
DeepMind AI outdoes human mathematicians on unsolved problem (www.nature.com)
More than 10,000 research papers were retracted in 2023 (www.nature.com)
The number of retractions issued for research articles in 2023 has passed 10,000 — smashing annual records — as publishers struggle to clean up a slew of sham papers and peer-review fraud. Among large research-producing nations, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Russia and China have the highest retraction rates over the past two...
More than 10,000 research papers were retracted in 2023 (www.nature.com)
The number of retractions issued for research articles in 2023 has passed 10,000 — smashing annual records — as publishers struggle to clean up a slew of sham papers and peer-review fraud. Among large research-producing nations, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Russia and China have the highest retraction rates over the past two...
‘Biocomputer’ combines lab-grown brain tissue with electronic hardware (www.nature.com)
NIH researchers vote to form a union for the first time (www.nature.com)
Pesticide cocktails harm bumblebees in European fields (www.nature.com)
Tiny robots made from human cells heal damaged tissue (www.nature.com)
The most powerful cosmic ray since the Oh-My-God particle puzzles scientists (www.nature.com)
Scientists have detected the most powerful cosmic ray seen in more than three decades. But the exact origin of this turbocharged particle from outer space remains a mystery, with some suggesting that it could have been generated by unknown physics....
Huge survey finds US$10,000 pay gap for disabled scientists (www.nature.com)
ChatGPT generates fake data set to support scientific hypothesis (www.nature.com)
Researchers say that the model behind the chatbot fabricated a convincing bogus database, but a forensic examination shows it doesn’t pass for authentic.
‘Politicians don’t understand science’: advisers give evidence at UK COVID inquiry (www.nature.com)
Worldwide Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene population declines in extant megafauna are associated with Homo sapiens expansion rather than climate change (www.nature.com)
‘Treasure trove’ of new CRISPR systems holds promise for genome editing (www.nature.com)
Bright satellites are disrupting astronomy research worldwide (www.nature.com)
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EU allows use of controversial weedkiller glyphosate for 10 more years (www.nature.com)
UK first to approve CRISPR treatment for diseases: what you need to know (www.nature.com)
Detection of long-lasting aurora-like radio emission above a sunspot - Nature Astronomy (www.nature.com)
ChatGPT has entered the classroom: how LLMs could transform education (www.nature.com)
Mysterious ‘Tasmanian devil’ space explosion baffles astronomers (www.nature.com)
First trial of ‘base editing’ in humans lowers cholesterol — but raises safety concerns (www.nature.com)
This AI robot chemist could make oxygen on Mars (www.nature.com)
Live birth of chimeric monkey with high contribution from embryonic stem cells (www.nature.com)
Scientists have created an infant ‘chimeric’ monkey by injecting a monkey embryo with stem cells from a genetically distinct donor embryo. The resulting animal is the first live-born chimeric primate to have a high proportion of cells originating from donor stem cells. However, the monkey had to be euthanized when it was...
Engineered yeast breaks new record: a genome with over 50% synthetic DNA (www.nature.com)
