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The closure of the US government has shuttered the Smithsonian Institution’s museums and zoo and some of its research facilities. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/GettyThe shutdown of the…

Vast expanses of coral in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have died as a result of extremely high water temperatures.Credit: David Gray/AFP/Getty Surging temperatures worldwide have pushed…

Researchers who study post-war reconstruction have told Nature that the recovery of public health, environment, higher education and research in Gaza will not succeed unless it…

Authors whose work has been retracted often build larger networks than do those without retractions, a study found.Credit: Halfpoint/iStock via GettyRetractions can have profound effects on…

Optus to pay $100m fine for ‘predatory’ sales practices targeting vulnerable AustraliansJosh TaylorThe federal court has fined Optus $100m over ‘predatory’ sales practices in 26 stores,…

Adapted from Filo/Getty Like many epidemiologists during the COVID-19 pandemic, Katelyn Jetelina turned to social media to help keep people informed. It was the spring of…

The Earth is constantly receiving space signals that contain vital information about extremely energetic phenomena. Among the most peculiar are brief pulses of extremely high-energy radio…

Visitors at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Japan, which includes an artist’s impression of the bombed-out museum building.Credit: Yuichi Yamazaki/GettyOn the morning of 6 August…

Attendees at a meeting of a US Senate appropriations committee on 31 July: from left, Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington state; Susan Collins, a Republican…

More than 2,000 languages spoken in Africa are being neglected in the artificial intelligence (AI) era. For example, ChatGPT recognizes only 10–20% of sentences written in…