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Senior Art Editor at Nature in London
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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.
July 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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This material was the next big thing three decades ago - has it finally found its purpose?

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World’s most porous sponges: intricate carbon-trapping powders hit the market
Metal-organic frameworks were the next big thing in chemistry when they were invented more than three decades ago. Now, these intriguing materials are becoming commercial tools for capturing carbon dioxide and harvesting water from the air.
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July 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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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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July 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Neuroscientists have revealed which regions of the brain are active and how they interact when discovery strikes

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Eureka! The brain science behind lightbulb moments
Experiences of insight come with a burst of brain activity — and a memory boost.
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June 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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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
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.
June 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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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.
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.
June 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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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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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.
June 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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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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June 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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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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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'.
May 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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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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Illustration by Acapulco Studio

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May 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Tonight we’re learning how to use AI for practical data journalism with @hf.co!
February 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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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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Notification from Codepen. Activity. Jesus loved your Pen. THREE.js cube game. 2 days ago.
April 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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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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March 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Four ways COVID changed virology: lessons from the most sequenced virus of all time from @nature.com
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.
March 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Exclusive: 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
February 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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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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February 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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“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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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.
February 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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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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Why probability probably doesn’t exist (but it is useful to act like it does)
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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December 19, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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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)

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
December 19, 2024 at 5:00 PM