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‘I don’t think we’ve scratched the surface on systemic exclusion’

Lauren Esposito works with arachnids, including scorpions.Credit: California Acad. Sci. Changemakers This Nature Q&A series celebrates people who fight racism

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Why a silly-sounding name suits the serious mission of our biotech spin-off

Get with the programme: a scene from TV comedy Silicon Valley, which helped Richard Kuo to navigate the start-up landscape.

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former US president who dedicated his life after office to peace, human rights and global health

Credit: Mark Peterson/Corbis via Getty Jimmy Carter’s work in health, peace and diplomacy crossed decades, continents, boundaries and disciplines. After

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Who built Europe’s first cities? Clues about the urban revolution emerge

The vase is tan with abstract designs in black: curved triangles that swoop into circles, a motif with an elegant,

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‘Precocious’ early-career scientists with high citation counts proliferate

In 2023, more than 450 scientists who had begun publishing research only in the previous eight years were among the

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Countdown to a nuclear clock: a three minute guide

Precise timekeeping helps us in our daily lives: from pinpointing your precise location with GPS to synchronising financial deals to

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How a silly science prize changed my career

Download the 27 December long read podcast Marc Abrahams created the Ig Nobel prizes in 1991, after years of collecting

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a festive parody song from the Nature Podcast

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Digital origins for ancient digits

Nature, Published online: 23 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04123-5 Pupil contractions in a talking parrot, and how ancient numerals were derived from

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Is political interference causing faculty brain drain in the southern United States?

Students at New College of Florida, Sarasota, protest last year at plans, now in place, to change the university’s programmes