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Water demand in Africa grew by around 26% between 2010 and 2020, yet around 717 million people lacked a piped water supply in 2020, according to research in Nature. go.nature.com/4yR94e6
This is figure 1, which shows total water demand for Africa in 2020.

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Nature’s survey of nearly 4,000 researchers shows that you’re not alone if you struggle to make ends meet or your last pay rise is a distant memory. go.nature.com/4zYwOOs
Are salaries getting worse? Many scientists think so

Are salaries getting worse? Many scientists think so

Nature - Nature’s survey of almost 4,000 researchers shows that you’re not alone if you struggle to make ends meet or your last pay rise is a distant memory.

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A newly identified fossil amphibian, measuring 737 millimetres in length and dating back around 237 million years, may have been fully adapted to life in the sea, according to a study in Nature Ecology & Evolution. go.nature.com/4iiWdep
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The authors of a Comment article write that they "feel that consciousness in AI is extraordinarily unlikely, at least in the digital, silicon-based systems that underpin today’s technologies." They provide three reasons for their scepticism. go.nature.com/4jDlJxc
Three reasons why AI is not conscious and perhaps never will be

Three reasons why AI is not conscious and perhaps never will be

Nature - Large language models can mimic thought and feeling with uncanny skill. But evidence from neuroscience suggests that intelligence alone is not enough for subjective experience.

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A paper in Nature Medicine presents a device platform that converses with patients to help them manage their epilepsy. In a small test, patient feedback helped the system improve seizure detection, cutting false alarms by about 80 percent. go.nature.com/4euck7H
This is figure 1, which shows the platform overview.

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A paper in Nature describes a multi-agent framework that coordinates data science, medical reasoning and health coaching over longitudinal wearable and clinical data to provide holistic personal health support. go.nature.com/4k8aahI
This is figure 1, which gives an overview of the personal health agent

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The night sky in Vincent van Gogh’s painting The Starry Night may have been inspired by a celestial arrangement visible before dawn on 22 July 1889, according to research in Scientific Reports. go.nature.com/4dTU7QL
This is figure 4, which shows morphological correspondence between the central asterism of The Starry Night and the Hyades cluster.

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Salt marshes can survive extreme wave events with modest erosion but are likely to offer the best flood protection to coastlines that experience moderate storms, according to research in Nature. go.nature.com/4skjHVd
This is figure 1, which shows the development of a large-scale salt marsh experiment.

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Infections can leave lasting effects on health, ageing, and chronic disease risk after pathogens are cleared. A Comment article in Nature Microbiology argues vaccines should be assessed for preventing acute illness and reducing these long-term effects. go.nature.com/4dJYDBq
This is figure 1, which shows acute and chronic conditions after infection and the two-axis model of vaccination benefits.

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Excited to announce that Nature Progress Sustainable Chemistry, a new open-access journal from @NaturePortfolio, is open for submissions! Publishing research across all aspects of sustainable and green chemistry. Visit the journal site to find out more. go.nature.com/4BhZCTr
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Around 44% of reef-building coral species are estimated to face an increased relative risk of extinction, according to an assessment of 774 reef-building coral species on the IUCN Red List, published in Nature. go.nature.com/3U1kP3e
An over-under photograph capturing a school of striped sergeant major fish swimming above brain coral and colorful reef formations. Above the calm water's surface, distant mountains stand under a soft pink and purple sunset sky. Photo by Dr. Tom Shlesinger, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, 2019.

ALT An over-under photograph capturing a school of striped sergeant major fish swimming above brain coral and colorful reef formations. Above the calm water's surface, distant mountains stand under a soft pink and purple sunset sky. Photo by Dr. Tom Shlesinger, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, 2019.

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A 75,000-year-old Neanderthal from Shanidar Cave, Iraqi Kurdistan, shows evidence of a potentially lethal spear wound, offering rare insight into violence among our ancient relatives. The findings are published in Scientific Reports. go.nature.com/3VQQYuT
Two excavation photos (a, b) and a corresponding diagram (c) showing fossilized bones\u2014including ribs, a scapula, and hand bones\u2014embedded in sediment near a boulder, with arrows indicating the direction of water flow in a shallow channel.

ALT Two excavation photos (a, b) and a corresponding diagram (c) showing fossilized bones\u2014including ribs, a scapula, and hand bones\u2014embedded in sediment near a boulder, with arrows indicating the direction of water flow in a shallow channel.

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Land is sinking in some major cities worldwide, including Mexico City, Mexico and Medan, Indonesia, according to satellite observations of 465 cities published in Nature Cities. go.nature.com/4hRSi7Z
Two world maps (a, b) showing regional data with numerical values, and a panel of bar and point charts (c) comparing proportions of deceleration and acceleration across nine global regions.

ALT Two world maps (a, b) showing regional data with numerical values, and a panel of bar and point charts (c) comparing proportions of deceleration and acceleration across nine global regions.

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The final menstrual period is preceded by abrupt ‘cliff-like’ biological changes across multiple body systems, some of which show early signs more than a decade beforehand, according to research published in Nature Medicine. go.nature.com/4zvnf9k
Population-scale reconstruction of menopause dynamics reveals a physiological cliff at the final...

Population-scale reconstruction of menopause dynamics reveals a physiological cliff at the final...

Nature Medicine - By using a novel computational framework, a cross-sectional analysis on laboratory data from two independent cohorts reveals that the final menstrual period marks an abrupt,...

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A newly discovered Jurassic bird from China appears to have lived a land-based, flightless lifestyle, according to research published in Nature. The findings suggest that the earliest birds had a greater diversity of lifestyles than previously recognized. go.nature.com/4yp5qI9
A detailed skeletal diagram of a bipedal dinosaur in a running posture, featuring a long tail, sharp teeth, and clawed hands and feet, rendered in black and white against a plain background with a scale bar at the bottom right.

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An article in Nature Medicine presents MedGemma: a collection of medical vision-language foundation models based on Gemma 3. It shows enhanced medical understanding across images and text, outperforming similar generative models in various tasks. go.nature.com/4zzdszg
Overview of the MedGemma models.

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Tourette syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by motor and vocal tics. This Primer, published in Nature Reviews Disease Primers, discusses the epidemiology, mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of Tourette syndrome. go.nature.com/4s7QPPW
From genetic liability to circuit dysfunction in Tourette syndrome.

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A paper in Nature Medicine presents a urine-based cell-free RNA test that detects bladder cancer with high sensitivity. go.nature.com/4y9PKIK
This is figure 3, which shows urine-based detection of bladder cancer grade and invasiveness.

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Scientists have debated for decades whether the human brain sprouts new neurons throughout life. A feature in Nature asks what it would mean if our brains could grow new neurons and how much evidence is enough. go.nature.com/3VAcynh
Can your brain grow new neurons? How researchers are solving a century-old puzzle

Can your brain grow new neurons? How researchers are solving a century-old puzzle

Nature - Scientists have debated for decades whether the human brain sprouts new neurons throughout life. What would it mean if it could — and how much evidence is enough?

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A paper in Nature describes the fossil of an early relative of mammals that shares some adaptions seen in the modern platypus, from the Jurassic period of China. go.nature.com/4zpn0Nc
This is the b section of Figure 1. It shows X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy photograph of the main part of the holotype (Paleontological Museum of Liaoning, PMOL-AM00026A)

ALT This is the b section of Figure 1. It shows X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy photograph of the main part of the holotype (Paleontological Museum of Liaoning, PMOL-AM00026A)

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