How Democrats and Republicans cite science: study reveals stark differences
How US lawmakers cite scientific papers differs either side of the aisle.Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via GettyThe United States is known...
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How India rewrote the rules of space travel when it launched its first satellite
The satellite, Aryabhata, provided a huge boost to India’s space programme.Credit: NASA/AlamyIn the early hours of 19 April 1975, the...
Brand-new colour created by tricking human eyes with laser
Researchers used lasers to stimulate individual cone cells in the retina — leading to the perception of a completely new...
palaeontologist, author and TV presenter who traced continents through fossils
The UK palaeontologist Richard Fortey — who spent his career at the Natural History Museum in London — was an...
Nature’s guide to what’s next
Lawsuits against the US National Institutes of Health might end up at the Supreme Court.Credit: Tierney L Cross/AFP/GettyThreats to US...
Jurassic fossil reveals the origin of parasitic thorny-headed worms
Herlyn, H. in The Evolution and Fossil Record of Parasitism: Identification and Macroevolution of Parasites (eds De Baets, K. &...
Obesity-drug pioneers and 13,508 physicists win US$3-million Breakthrough Prizes
The Breakthrough prize trophy’s design is inspired by imagery from science, including black holes, seashells and the structure of DNA.Credit:...
How does the brain control consciousness? This deep-brain structure
The inner structures of the brain are difficult to investigate without surgery.Credit: K H Fung/Science Photo LibraryNeuroscientists have observed for...
Style over substance? What birds’ mating behaviours reveal about sexual selection
Birds, Sex & Beauty: The Extraordinary Implications of Charles Darwin’s Strangest Idea Matt Ridley 4th Estate (2025)At 4 a.m. one...
Publishers trial paying peer reviewers — what did they find?
Trials suggest that offering payment can increase the chance of a researcher agreeing to review, and in some cases speed...
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