Daily briefing: The billion-dollar plan to return rocks from Mars
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here NASA’s Perseverance rover took a selfie on 22 January as it…
Carbon dioxide removal is not a current climate solution — we need to change the narrative
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is what puts the ‘net’ into ‘net zero emissions’. All pathways to limit global warming to 1.5–2 °C above pre-industrial levels that have been assessed by the…
Conquering Alzheimer’s: a look at the therapies of the future
When neurologist Reisa Sperling stepped up to receive her lifetime achievement award at an international Alzheimer’s conference last December, she was more excited about the future than about celebrating the…
European backsliding on electric vehicles is bad news for the climate
The future of mobility needs to be electric.Credit: Shutterstock Worldwide, the planes, trains and automobiles we use to get around pumped around 7.7 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere…
Cultivating cannabis in the shadow of a volcano
The Orange Hill Agricultural Biotechnology Centre that I lead in St Vincent and the Grenadines in the southern Caribbean is only six kilometres or so from the La Soufrière volcano.…
Hello, baby: genes involved in timing of birth are identified
Life is risky for underdeveloped babies: globally, more young children die as a result of preterm birth than of any other direct cause, and those who survive often develop serious…
Andrew Tate released from jail into house arrest
Andrew Tate, a 36-year-old reality TV personality, has been released from prison and placed under house arrest. Along with his brother, Tristan Tate, and two Romanian women, he was arrested…