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The chatbots claiming to be Jesus: spreading gospel or heresy?
‘God’s influencer’ Carlo Acutis was canonized on 7 September by Pope Leo XIV. Acutis was known for his use of digital media to promote Catholic devotion.Credit: Vatican Pool/Getty The canonization of Carlo Acutis by Pope Leo XIV on 7 September was a sign of how the Catholic Church is increasingly embracing the digital world. Acutis, who died of leukaemia in…
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These nations are wooing PhD students amid US funding uncertainties
The United States has long been one of the most popular destinations for international students pursuing graduate studies. But pauses to some of the country’s university PhD programmes and the imposition of visa restrictions for students from certain countries have prompted other nations to try to attract those students who have been affected by the changes or who no longer…
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working with farmers to protect a reintroduced species
“Since 2012, I’ve worked with the Tonkawa Foundation, in Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico, on the recovery of the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi), a grey-wolf subspecies that had been hunted to near-extinction by the 1980s. Reintroducing wolves to the Chihuahua region will restore ecological balance and help to regulate other wildlife populations. The Mexican wolf’s return not only helps to…
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Pig lung transplanted into a person in world first
Credit: Xijing Hospital of the Air Force Medical University/Xinhua via Alamy A lung from a genetically modified pig has been transplanted into a person for the first time1. The recipient, a 39-year-old man in China, was brain dead, but the organ survived for nine days. At least half a dozen people in the United States and China have received organs…
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Protect Antarctica — or risk accelerating planetary meltdown
Far from being a remote, isolated continent, Antarctica is integral to Earth’s climate and life-support systems. Its vast ice sheet stores more than 90% of the planet’s surface fresh water and influences sea levels, circulation of the atmosphere and how much sunlight the planet reflects. Around Antarctica, the Southern Ocean acts as the lungs of the deep sea, accounting for…
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Six questions to ask before jumping into a spreadsheet
Ask a bunch of scientists whether they use spreadsheets in their work and you’re bound to touch a nerve. Many have sworn off spreadsheets, others swear by them and some swear profusely when they’re forced to use them. What makes this epitome of corporate monotony so polarizing? Spreadsheets are broadly accessible, but can cause headaches for the unwary. It’s easy…
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What it’s like fighting racism and sexism in shark science
Growing up in the forests of Chicago, Illinois, and the deserts of Phoenix, Arizona, Jaida Elcock never had much access to the ocean — and was even afraid of sharks. But the more she learnt on TV documentaries, the more she realized that we should be advocating for their conservation. “I really don’t want to know what an ocean without…
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How China’s bold talent recruitment has shaped science
Credit: Li Ziheng/Xinhua/Alamy Materials chemist Nan Liu took a career shortcut that many researchers can only dream of. She went from a postdoctoral position in the United States to a full professor at a Chinese university with a research budget of 4 million yuan (US$560,000). Liu, now at Beijing Normal University, was recruited as part of the Thousand Young Talents…
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Solving aviation’s climate-action conundrum
Nature, Published online: 21 July 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02129-1 A decision-making tool for the aviation sector helps to assess the likelihood of a net positive outcome from climate actions that can have competing effects on warming. Source link
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Giant radio telescope was ‘a natural magnet’ for African talent
Roger Deane speaks to early-career astronomers in the digital planetarium at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.Credit: Chanté Schatz/Wits University Radioastronomy in Africa In 2005, when South Africa and its partner countries in Africa submitted a proposal to host the world’s largest radio telescope, called the Square Kilometre Array, the continent had five radioastronomers, all based in…
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