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Ever watch ‘The Big Bang Theory’ and have no idea what Sheldon Cooper is going on about… ahem, me either!
On @nature.com today we have a cheat sheet on the five biggest ideas in quantum mechanics.
By @lizziegibney.bsky.social with illustrations by Nik Spencer.
This material was the next big thing three decades ago - has it finally found its purpose?
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This is one of the best sponges in the world. But don't take it into the bath!
It's no good for scrubbing you back, but it can capture millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year.
Katharine Sanderson for @nature.com
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Neuroscientists have revealed which regions of the brain are active and how they interact when discovery strikes
https://go.nature.com/45GEE3m
Pattern concealing a hidden image. White shapes on a black background. The shape consists of a thick vertical white line on the left followed by a series of evenly spaced thinner white vertical lines at increasing angles of slant, creating a fanned pattern of alternating light and dark. To the right, there is a larger area of white containing mottled black shapes. Beneath the image there is a button labelled 'start the quiz' with the option to add a time limit.
What happening inside your brain when you look at this image? Can you work out what it is?
New interactive quiz on @nature.com
“Eureka! The brain science behind lightbulb moments”
By @humbertobasilio.bsky.social
@helenpearson.bsky.social for @nature.com
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Even though the US spends much more on health care per person, a US citizen could increase their life expectancy (79.3 years) by moving to Costa Rica (80.8 years)*
* Statistically speaking, no shade on Costa Rica.
Early deaths. Line chart comparing the annual death rate in 2023 for ages ranging from 0 to 100 in the United States to that of 11 other large, wealthy nations. The United States has higher mortality than comparable rich countries in most age groups, but the biggest gap is for those in their late teens or early adulthood.
At 29 years old, your risk of death is 3.4 times higher in the US, than in any similar rich country.
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Low expectations. Line chart showing life expectancy at birth for the United States and that of 11 other large, wealthy nations from 1980 to 2023. Life expectancy in the United States has lagged and in 2023, it was four years shorter than the average for comparable countries. It also saw some of the worst declines in life expectancy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The United States has lower life expectancy than most similarly wealthy nations. Chronic disease is part of the cause, but so are guns, drugs and cars.
In 2023, US life expectancy was four times shorter than the average for comparable countries.
Watch the mathematics gender gap emerge. The school environment triggers a gender gap in mathematics. Line charts showing test results from all children in France who started school in 2018 reveal the trend. At the start of first year of school boys and girls similar on average with slightly more boys in highest and lowest percentiles. At the start of second year of school the gender gap becomes more exaggerated.
Are girls worse than boys at maths? No, they're just as good. That is at least, until school gets involved.
@celestebiever.bsky.social for @nature.com
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New interactive graphic on @nature.com
See the results of Alex Kachkine's deep-learning algorithm, used to detect damage in works of art reduce the cost and time needed for restoration.
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Chart showing results of Nature survey. A minority of researchers say they have used generative AI to edit, translate, or write their papers. Edit paper: 18% said 'yes, I've done this without disclosing AI use' 10% said 'yes, I've done this and I disclosed AI use' 43% said: 'no, I've not done this but would be willing to' 29% said 'no, I've not done this and wouldn't consider it'.
A minority of researchers - under 30% - have used AI to edit or write their papers, according to a Nature survey published today.
Those that have used AI, more often than not didn't disclose it.
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Compare your views to the AI zeitgeist! 5,000 researchers took @nature.com's survey on using Artificial Intelligence in science. Use our interactive quiz to see how closely your views align with theirs.
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Tonight we’re learning how to use AI for practical data journalism with @hf.co!
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Notification from Codepen. Activity. Jesus loved your Pen. THREE.js cube game. 2 days ago.
10 years ago (😱) I made a silly 3D game in @codepen.io It's finally getting noticed by important people, and right before Easter!
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An average pregnancy lasts 40 weeks. It can take your body 56 weeks to recover. "Pregnancy’s true toll on the body" @celestebiever.bsky.social for @nature.com
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Viral genome rally. Bar charts showing sequences submitted by quarter and the top ten submitting countries. During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers shared more than 300,000 genome sequences of the virus SARS-CoV-2 through the global science initiative GISAID. The pace of sequencing quickened drastically, but then levelled off during 2024. Among the more than 200 countries and territories that contributed SARS-CoV-2 sequence data, the United States and United Kingdom contributed the most. But surveillance in countries with far fewer resources, such as South Africa, Brazil and India, proved crucial to identifying emerging variants of concern.
Four ways COVID changed virology: lessons from the most sequenced virus of all time from @nature.com
13.03.2025 14:22 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Exclusive: These universities have the most retracted scientific articles
A first-of-its-kind analysis reveals which institutions are retraction hotspots
Read the full story here: https://go.nature.com/3CUmFKI
New interactive image slider in @nature.com today "These Gaza scientists are keeping research alive amid war, destruction and uncertainty"
See how many university buildings damaged or destroyed between December 23 September 24.
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Uses of AI: Bar chart showing survey results. Although researchers are excited about AI's potential applications, current use is limited and tends to focus on tasks related to writing and preparing manuscripts.
“There's broad acceptance that AI is going to reshape the research field”
A survey of nearly 5000 researchers suggests that using AI for preparing manuscripts
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All of statistics and much of science depends on probability — an astonishing achievement, considering no one’s really sure what it is. 🧪
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New interactive quiz in the @nature.com article 'Why probability probably doesn’t exist (but it is useful to act like it does)' by David Spiegelhalter.
Find out how good (or how bad) you are at assessing your degree of confidence in the facts you know (or don't know)
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