In a randomized controlled study involving 1,298 participants from a general sample, performance of humans when assisted by a large language model (LLM) was sensibly inferior to that of the LLM alone when assessing ten medical scenarios leading to disease identification and recommendations for treatment.

European and global policies assume increasing forest carbon stocks benefits biodiversity. Using a Europe-wide multi-taxon dataset, we test this premise and find contrasting patterns: carbon in living trees is a weak surrogate, whereas deadwood carbon better aligns climate and biodiversity goals.

Mohammed Amar manages conservation of imperilled flora in Socotra, a Yemeni island known as the Galápagos of the Indian Ocean.

As Earth’s temperature rises, fewer places will be suitable for hosting the Winter Olympics

This chapter presents our curated selection of the greatest Super Bowl ads of all time, accompanied by the reasoning behind each choice. These commercials are not just memorable-they've set new benchmarks for creativity, effectiveness, and cultural...

Two researchers describe how body size and having a disability can challenge perceptions of what a scientist should look like.

Juno radio occultations precisely redefine Jupiter’s shape, measuring a polar diameter of 66,842 km and an equatorial diameter of 71,488 km, both smaller than long-used values, bringing models of the planet’s interior into better agreement with observations.

Football is the world’s most popular sport, evoking strong physiological and emotional responses among its fans. Yet, the specific reactions to fan involvement have received little attention in the literature. In this paper, we quantify the resulting physiological responses through a unique case study from professional football: the 2025 cup final of the German Football Association (DFB) between first-division club VfB Stuttgart and third-division club Arminia Bielefeld. We collected high-resolution smartwatch data, including heart rate and stress level, from 229 Arminia Bielefeld fans over approximately 12 weeks, complemented by survey responses on identification with the club, match attendance, and personal characteristics from a subset of 37 participants. By combining physiological data with survey information, we analyse variations in emotional arousal across individuals and contexts, measured by physiological reactions to the cup final. This approach provides rare, data-driven insights into the football fever that captivates fans during high-stakes competitions. Furthermore, we compare the vital parameters recorded on the day of the match with baseline levels on non-matchdays throughout the entire observation period. Our findings reveal pronounced physiological responses among fans, beginning hours before the match and peaking at kick-off.

A specialized, open-source, retrieval-augmented language model is introduced for answering scientific queries and synthesizing literature, the responses of which are shown to be preferred by human evaluations over expert-written answers.

The substantia nigra and all Parkinson’s disease deep-brain stimulation targets are selectively connected to the somato-cognitive action network rather than to effector-specific motor regions.

Global cancer estimates across 185 countries show that 7.1 million new cancer cases were attributable to modifiable risk factors in 2022, with smoking, infections and alcohol consumption being the leading contributors to cancer burden.