Climate change will send home insurance spiralling. Here’s how to control costs
Mon 8:00pm By Scott St. GeorgeNature, Published online: 25 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00892-9Insurers rely on sophisticated catastrophe modelling to estimate risk exposure — and as climate risks are rising, so are the costs for protection.Fasting for weight loss is all the rage: what are the health benefits?
Mon 8:00pm By Nic FlemingNature, Published online: 25 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00895-6Intermittent fasting has gained a following, in part because of tantalizing hints that it can boost cognition, fend off cancer and even slow ageing.How the Atlantic jet stream has changed in 600 years — and what it means for weather
Mon 8:00pm By Matthew P. DannenbergNature, Published online: 25 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00871-0A multi-century climate record suggests that current Atlantic jet-stream variations are not the cause of an increase in extreme weather events.How to get more women into mining
Mon 8:00pm By Linqi HuangNature, Published online: 25 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00925-3How to get more women into miningLesotho matters
Mon 8:00pm By Nthabiseng Mokoena-MokhaliNature, Published online: 25 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00927-1Lesotho mattersMicrobes can capture carbon and degrade plastic — why aren’t we using them more?
Mon 8:00pm By Rino RappuoliNature, Published online: 25 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00875-wInterventions involving bacteria or fungi could help to sequester greenhouse gases, create more sustainable products and clean up pollution — in ways that are economically viable and safe.Give grants to female scientists in war zones
Mon 8:00pm By Natalia TsybuliakNature, Published online: 25 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00926-2Give grants to female scientists in war zonesLessons from Portugal on effects of cutting research funding
Mon 8:00pm By Marc VeldhoenNature, Published online: 25 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00928-0Lessons from Portugal on effects of cutting research fundingParalysed man stands again after receiving ‘reprogrammed’ stem cells
Sun 8:00pm By Smriti MallapatyNature, Published online: 24 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00863-0Another man also regained some movement, but two others experienced minimal improvement.Why Africans should be telling the story of human origins
Sun 8:00pm By Abdullahi TsanniNature, Published online: 24 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00695-yYohannes Haile-Selassie wants to shift the trajectory of palaeoanthropology in fossil-rich Ethiopia away from its long colonial heritage.What CERN does next matters for science and for international cooperation
Sun 8:00pmNature, Published online: 24 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00787-9The world’s largest particle-physics laboratory is approaching a pivotal moment in its history.Does sharing first authorship on a paper carry a penalty? What the research says
Sun 8:00pm By Holly ElseNature, Published online: 24 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00869-8Study dispels myth that order of names in a paper’s author list dictates perception of success.Shaking up earthquake safety in Nepal with a folk song
Sun 8:00pm By Saugat BolakheNature, Published online: 24 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00919-1Geophysicist Shiba Subedi combines science and songwriting to raise awareness and debunk earthquake myths.How marathons change runners’ brains: scans point to surprise energy source
Sun 8:00pm By Celeste BieverNature, Published online: 24 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00864-zAfter the gruelling races, levels of the nerve-cell insulator myelin were lower, suggesting the brain uses the fatty substance as fuel.RNA function follows form – why is it so hard to predict?
Sun 8:00pm By Diana KwonNature, Published online: 24 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00920-8AlphaFold’s highly accurate structural models transformed protein biology,but RNA lags behind.Glaciers are not just blocks of ice — plans to save them mustn’t overlook their hidden life
Sun 8:00pm By Tom J. BattinNature, Published online: 24 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00897-4As glaciers begin to disappear, technological fixes to slow or halt ice melt are emerging. But regulations are urgently required before these fixes are used widely.The expanding Universe — do ongoing tensions leave room for new physics?
Sun 8:00pm By Wendy FreedmanNature, Published online: 24 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00896-5One century after Edwin Hubble revealed his astonishing discovery of a cosmos beyond the Milky Way, the most precise measurements still can’t agree on how fast galaxies are moving.Live-cell super-resolution microscopy reveals how molecules enter and exit the nucleus
Sun 8:00pm By Bernd RiegerNature, Published online: 24 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00804-xThe nuclear pore complex is the gateway to the nucleus of cells. Now an in vivo imaging technique can track the way in which molecules move through this complex.Generalizing arene C−H alkylations by radical−radical cross-coupling
Sun 8:00pm By Johannes GroßkopfNature, Published online: 24 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08887-2Generalizing arene C−H alkylations by radical−radical cross-couplingWinds on an ultrahot planet challenge climate models
Sun 8:00pmNature, Published online: 24 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00809-6The ultrahot exoplanet WASP‑121 b has strong winds that transport material in different directions depending on the altitude in the planet’s atmosphere. High-resolution observations…Reviving the biodiversity around an ancient palace
Sun 8:00pm By Ugo MelloneNature, Published online: 24 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00921-7Juan Ramón Fernández Cardenete tends the Alhambra’s many water features and gardens.‘Anxiety is palpable’: detention of researchers at US border spurs travel worries
Sun 8:00pm By Heidi LedfordNature, Published online: 24 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00859-wSeveral high-profile incidents in the past month have scientists on edge.How to know whether a conference is right for you
Sun 8:00pm By Christine RoNature, Published online: 24 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00903-9Some low-profile meetings are helpful for parts of the scientific community. Others look like more of a cash grab.NIH has cut one mRNA-vaccine grant. Will more follow?
Thu 8:00pm By Max KozlovNature, Published online: 21 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00828-3Concern rises among researchers after agency officials ask for a list of projects funded to study the jabs.‘Boggles the mind’: US defence department slashes research on emerging threats
Thu 8:00pm By Smriti MallapatyNature, Published online: 21 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00840-7Terminated projects include studies on the implications of artificial intelligence in combat and how extremism spreads online.Ship-pollution cuts have an electrifying effect: less lightning at sea
Thu 8:00pmNature, Published online: 21 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00769-xA crackdown on sulfur in ship fuel is linked to a steep drop in thunderclouds in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea.Publisher Correction: A metagenomic ‘dark matter’ enzyme catalyses oxidative cellulose conversion
Thu 8:00pm By Clelton A. SantosNature, Published online: 21 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08872-9Publisher Correction: A metagenomic ‘dark matter’ enzyme catalyses oxidative cellulose conversionAuthor Correction: AI models collapse when trained on recursively generated data
Thu 8:00pm By Ilia ShumailovNature, Published online: 21 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08905-3Author Correction: AI models collapse when trained on recursively generated dataDaily briefing: Babies make memories — so why don’t we recall them?
Thu 8:00pm By Flora GrahamNature, Published online: 21 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00941-3Babies as young as one year old can form memories, our adult brains just can’t access them. Plus, US-funded researchers outside the United States are being grilled about ideology and…‘All this is in crisis’: US universities curtail staff and spending as Trump cuts take hold
Thu 8:00pm By Smriti MallapatyNature, Published online: 21 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00849-yFurloughs and more staff reductions loom as academic institutions contend with the prospect of even deeper cuts to federal funding.
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