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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

RIP Gladys Mae West, a US mathematician best known for her foundational work on GPS systems.

At @springernature.com we remember her every day as a major communal space in our London offices is named after her
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Schrödinger’s cat just got bigger: quantum physicists create largest ever ‘superposition’ Record-breaking experiment shows that a cluster of thousands of atoms can act like a wave as well as a particle.

How big can something be and still be quantum?

We're far off Schrödinger's dead-and-alive cat but physicists have put a cluster of 7,000 atoms into a superposition of distant paths - the chunkiest cat state yet, with philosophical and practical ramifications 🧪⚛️

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Take Nature’s poll: do you have a side hustle alongside your PhD studies? More than half of Gen Z now have a side gig. Are researchers among those seeking a second income?

We want to know if you have, or had, a side hustle during your PhD studies. Take our survey here:

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How did birds evolve? The answer is wilder than anyone thought Discoveries in Jurassic rocks reveal that birds were adept fliers earlier than scientists realized.

This discovery is shedding light on how and why birds evolved, and whether they evolved powered flight just once or many times during the age of the dinosaurs

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A photograph of Jimmy Wales

As Wikipedia turns 25, Jimmy Wales talks to us about his new book, the importance of scientific transparency and the rise of artificial intelligence. Good to know that he still has faith in humans when it comes to sourcing facts!
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The baby whose life was saved by the first personalized CRISPR therapy KJ Muldoon is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.

KJ Muldoon, at less than a year old, was the first known person to receive a personalised CRISPR-based genome-editing therapy

He is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025

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Spineless creatures, possibly the world’s oldest beer receipt and more: 2025’s best Books in brief Bibliophile Andrew Robinson reveals 10 essential science reads from the past year.

These are 10 essential science reads from the past year

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Satellite swarms set to photobomb more than 95% of some telescopes’ images Planned megaconstellations would contaminate the view of the cosmos of four orbiting telescopes

You've probably heard about how the rapidly increasing numbers of satellites are affecting #astronomy. A new paper in @nature.com looks at the possible future for space-based telescopes — and finds 96% of some images could be impacted. 🧪🔭🛰️

By @jennaahart.bsky.social

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China wants to lead the world on AI regulation — will the plan work? Having placed artificial intelligence at the centre of its own economic strategy, China is driving efforts to create an international system to govern the technology’s use.

I write a lot about AI and in AI policy circles I kept hearing one thing -- China is the country talking loudest about wanting to regulate the technology at a global level.

Here's my explainer on what that could look like
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How to fight climate change without the US: a guide to global action With the US government absent from the COP30 global climate summit, it will be up to others to avert catastrophe.

With the US government absent from the COP30 global climate summit, it will be up to others to avert catastrophe

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From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.

In praise of fundamental research
Our editorial this week argues that I n these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different
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Plants have a secret language that scientists are only now starting to decipher Signals from the plant cell wall help to orchestrate growth, reproduction and immune function. Can harnessing this molecular cross talk help in creating better crops?

These walls CAN talk! Turns out the plant cell wall isn't just a boring cubicle for hard working chloroplasts and stuff. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Associate Multimedia Editor or Senior Multimedia Editor Job Title: Associate Multimedia Editor or Senior Multimedia Editor (12 Month Fixed Term Role) Organisation: Nature Portfolio Location: London – Hybrid Working Model Application Deadline: Sunday 9th No...

Nature is hiring a new Multimedia Editor, so if you want to work with me then this is a great opportunity. Who could say no to that?

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The sci-fi films that physicists love to watch Nature surveyed scientists about their favourite cinematic moments to celebrate the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology.

Although many physicists disagree on quantum mechanics, they seem to agree on their favourite sci-fi movies

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The Open Notebook's 15th Anniversary - The Open Notebook For 15 years, The Open Notebook has been the trusted home for journalists worldwide who cover science. What started as an experiment to demystify the craft of science writing has grown into a vital, g...

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Chemistry Nobel for team who developed massively porous ‘super sponge’ materials Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi pioneered the creation of metal-organic frameworks, which can capture and store molecules such as carbon dioxide.

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi, who developed a class of extremely porous materials known as metal-organic frameworks, have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Omg finally a MOFs Nobel - this is not a drill!!!

Groundbreaking quantum-tunnelling experiments win physics Nobel John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis discovered quantum physics on a macroscopic scale, paving the way for quantum computing.

Congratulations to John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis!

Martinis told our reporter that his wife had gotten the news in the middle of the night — in California time — but decided not to wake him up quite yet.
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Quantum Josephson junction circuits and the dawn of artificial atoms - Nature Physics In 1985, experiments revealed the quantum behaviour of a macroscopic degree of freedom: the phase difference across a Josephson junction. The authors recount the history of this milestone for the development of superconducting quantum circuits.

John M. Martinis, Michel H. Devoret & John Clarke recount the history of their milestone discovery, which today won the Nobel Prize in Physics

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Medicine Nobel goes to scientists who revealed secrets of immune system ‘regulation’ Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi discovered cells that protect the body from autoimmune diseases.

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists for discovering a class of immune cells that help to prevent the body from attacking its own tissues

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Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

Jane Goodall challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

In this news story we look at three ways she changed science.

A loss for science, a loss for the community, a loss for everyone

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These alien planets are astronomers’ favourites: here’s why Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with perfectly synchronized orbits.

Thirty years ago Monday, astronomers announced the first planet around a Sunlike star. Since then they have cataloged more than 6,000 alien worlds.

I asked a bunch of astronomers what their favorite exoplanet is, and wrote about it for @nature.com. What's yours?

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NEW: Nature trained AI to predict which NIH grants from 2014 would have been cut if the Trump admin had its way back then — and what science would have been lost to history.

"The results show the damage that cuts in funding can do to research, and the unpredictable nature of the research process."

The great university shake-up: four charts show how global higher education is changing More students than ever are studying across international borders, but where and what they learn is shifting.

Seismic shifts are afoot for universities in the US and worldwide. @dangaristo.bsky.social captures the trends in four telling graphics. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Shake it off’: Taylor Swift’s changing voice shows how our accents evolve An analysis of Swift’s interviews suggests her speech pattern has changed over her career.

“We cannot typically follow someone around with a microphone,” says audiologist Matthew Winn.

Enter Tay Tay.

@mohanabasu.bsky.social reports on the linguistics of #TaylorSwift for @nature.com 🧪

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Autism is on the rise: what’s really behind the increase? RFK Jr has vowed to find out what’s responsible, but scientists say he is ignoring answers from decades of research.

Now might be a good time to repost this story about what scientists actually know about the complex causes of autism, and what's behind the increasing prevalence.

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