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Living costs and politics have lead to PhD students studying abroad

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Mobility of PhD students studying abroad. Chart showing results from Nature’s 2025 PhD-student survey, which tracks where international doctoral candidates hail from and where they end up for their studies. The most popular destination countries include the United States (17%), Germany (11%) and the United Kingdom (9%). India and China supply the most students (11% and 8%, respectively)."
November 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Global fossil-fuel emissions are likely to hit yet another record high this year, but there are signs that the world is approaching a peak

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When will carbon emissions peak?. Line chart showing predicted global Greenhouse-gas emissions to 2023. Greenhouse-gas emissions have been increasing every year since 1990. When emissions will peak, by how much they will decline, depends on governmental policies and actions."
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Magnetic fibres give this robot a soft grip
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Watson – who won the Nobel Prize for his role in divining the structure of DNA; was instrumental in initiating and propelling the Human Genome Project; and who became notorious for his history of racist and sexist comments – has died at 97

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A card showing James Watson on one side, and the headline "DNA pioneer James Watson has died ― colleagues wrestle with his legacy" on the other
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Decades of debate over the identity of a medium-sized Cretaceous predator may finally be over

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October 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Veterinary miracles, orphaned anteaters, and more in October's best science images

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October 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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The Chemistry Nobel was awarded to the pioneers of metal-organic frameworks that can trap molecules — our reporters dive into the science
October 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”

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October 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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The Physics Nobel goes to John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis for a discovery that paved the way for quantum computers. Our reporters dive into the science
October 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit"

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A Nobel medal
October 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance"

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October 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Researchers question whether autonomous AI scientists are possible or even desirable.

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October 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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3,785 doctoral students across 107 counties told us about everything from supervision practices to workplace concerns

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A chart titled "how phd students rate their experiences". 75% of respondents are satisfied with their phds
September 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Is your red the same as my red?
September 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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How is this possible?

This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
September 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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To explore volcanic tunnels on the Moon or Mars, send a team of specialized robots

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August 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Are direwolves back from the dead?
August 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Why did these researchers stick a rubber duck to a rock?
August 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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An AI model can predict where ancient Latin texts come from, estimate how old they are and restore missing parts

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July 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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‘Stealth flippers’ helped this ancient mega-predator stalk its prey
July 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Could hidden AI prompts game peer review?
July 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Researchers have been sneaking secret messages into their papers in an effort to trick AI tools into giving them a positive peer-review report

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July 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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This is how to have difficult conversations with vaccine sceptics
July 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Volcanic clouds, underwater forests, and a galaxy in a thousand colours.

Check out this month's sharpest science shots, selected by Nature's photo team: https://go.nature.com/4490YkT
A humpback whale's eyeball, held in a blue-gloved hand, while another blue-gloved hand holds a measuring instrument around the pupil A large orange cloud comes up from the ground, while people look on A galaxy on a black background, with pink and orange and colourful swirls A bioflourescent fish
July 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM