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Combating Climate Change Requires More Than Data: Embracing Wonder, Love, and Hope
Fighting climate change takes more than data — it needs wonder, love and hope Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet Kate Marvel Ecco (2025) The idea that rising carbon dioxide concentrations could warm the planet dates back to the mid-nineteenth century. Women’s rights campaigner and scientist Eunice Foote showed in 1856 […]
Understanding the Origins of Universities and Their Current Challenges
How universities came to be — and why they are in trouble now Higher education across the world is facing a panoply of challenges that threaten to undermine or drastically alter its future. In the United States, universities are grappling with huge cuts to federal funding and pressure from the government to change their teaching […]
Press Release Announcing Developments Leading Up to the Technological Singularity
A press release from just before the singularity For Immediate Release From: Facsimile State University (FSU), 24 September 2025 In an exciting development here at FSU, an AI chatbot named ‘Steve’ has successfully reorganized the Biological Research Institute “to better serve humankind”. Plus, according to its latest social-media post, Steve has also apparently created life […]
Exploring Tylenol: Why This 130-Year-Old Pain Reliever Remains the Gold Standard
Tylenol is over 130 years old — why is it still the gold-standard painkiller? Tylenol has been used to treat common pains and fevers since 1893. Why is it still among the most commonly taken painkillers?Credit: Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Tylenol — also known as paracetamol, or acetaminophen — has been a common household medicine […]
Engineered Enzymes Successfully Reduce Errors in Genome Editing
Engineered enzymes can suppress genome-editing errors RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 24 September 2025 Genome editors are molecular machines that can rewrite the genetic code in cells, but sometimes they produce errors in the form of unintended sequence insertions or deletions, collectively known as indel errors. Genome editors have now been engineered that make up to 60-fold fewer […]
Advanced Tweezer Array Features 6,100 Highly Coherent Atomic Qubits
A tweezer array with 6100 highly coherent atomic qubits Optical tweezer arrays 1,2 have transformed atomic and molecular physics, now forming the backbone for a range of leading experiments in quantum computing 3–8, simulation 1,9–12, and metrology 13–15. Typical experiments trap tens to hundreds of atomic qubits, and recently systems with around one thousand atoms […]
Exploring AI and Mental Health: Insights from Six Leading Scholars
how six scholars tackle AI, mental health and more The world urgently needs highly trained students and researchers to help solve global crises, from climate change to public-health emergencies. At the same time, universities globally are facing multiple pressures, from the financial burden of increased access to higher education (known as massification) to evolving technologies […]
LRP8 Identified as Key Receptor for Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus
LRP8 is a receptor for tick-borne encephalitis virus Lindquist, L. & Vapalahti, O. Tick-borne encephalitis. Lancet 371, 1861–1871 (2008). Article PubMed Google Scholar Süss, J. Tick-borne encephalitis 2010: epidemiology, risk areas, and virus strains in Europe and Asia-an overview. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2, 2–15 (2011). Article PubMed Google Scholar Van Heuverswyn, J. et al. […]
Four Key Charts Illustrate the Transformations in Global Higher Education
four charts show how global higher education is changing If the 264 million students enrolled in higher education around the globe were a country, it would be the fifth most populous in the world. Some 53% of its citizens would identify as women and most would be located in Asia. Residents would speak and study […]
Understanding How a Risky Tick-Borne Virus Invades the Brain
How a dangerous tick-borne virus sneaks into the brain You have full access to this article via your institution. Download the Nature Podcast 24 September 2025 In this episode: 00:48 New insights into tick-borne encephalitis Researchers have identified a key protein that helps tick-borne encephalitis virus enter the brain. In rare cases an infection can […]