Daily briefing: A scientists’ guide to COP26
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Top climate scientists are sceptical that nations will rein in global warming
As a leading climate scientist, Paola Arias doesn’t need to look far to see the world changing. Shifting rain patterns threaten water supplies in her home city of Medellín, Colombia,…
Refining the toolkit for sugar analysis
Sugars are everywhere in biology. They decorate cells, proteins and lipids. According to a surprise finding, published in June, they even adorn RNAs1. Yet these carbohydrates, also called glycans, have…
Virus detective: searching for Zika, dengue and SARS-CoV-2
In this picture, I’m looking into a digital microscope to observe the structural damage that SARS-CoV-2 does to cells from an African green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus). I’m inside NB3, the…
How climate coverage can drive change
A switch to renewable energy sources, such as wind turbines, is key to tackling climate change.Credit: Alexander Ryumin/TASS/Getty In September, Gernot Wagner hosted an unusual visitor at his small New…
The vaccine shots that rang around the world
Katalin Karikó worked for decades to harness the power of messenger RNA to fight disease.Credit: Hannah Yoon/Bloomberg/Getty The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to…
Scientists say Australian plan to cull up to 10,000 wild horses doesn’t go far enough
Brumbies roam a wintry landscape near Yarangobilly in Australia’s Kosciuszko National Park.Credit: Perry Duffin/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Up to 10,000 feral horses might be killed or removed from Australia’s largest alpine national park…