Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of alkylidenecyclopropanes Summary This Nature preview reports a new, catalytic enantioselective method to make alkylidenecyclopropanes (ACPs) — small, strained carbocycles that are valuable precursors to chiral cyclopropanes…
Author Correction: A virtual rodent predicts the structure of neural activity across behaviours Summary This author correction describes a bug found in the spike-extraction/sorting pipeline used in the original study.…
AI content is tainting preprints: how moderators are fighting back Summary Preprint servers are seeing a rising tide of submissions that appear to be produced or heavily assisted by large…
Trump’s chief science adviser faces a storm of criticism: what’s next? Summary Michael Kratsios was an early pick by President Trump to lead the White House Office of Science and…
Margaret Boden obituary: cognitive scientist who explored how machines might emulate human imagination Summary Margaret Ann Boden, a founding figure of cognitive science and one of the first generation of…
How Paris dealt with lightning in the Age of Enlightenment Summary A short retrospective from Nature’s archive on para-tonnerres — early lightning conductors — in eighteenth-century Paris, together with a…
Study how screen time affects circadian rhythms Summary This correspondence in Nature highlights evidence linking excessive screen time to sleep disorders across all age groups and to disrupted circadian rhythms…
Europe must safeguard climate data following NASA cuts Summary This correspondence warns that proposed cuts to NASA’s 2026 budget could hamper the United States’ ability to provide freely accessible, long-term…
Organs on chips could make biomedical research more equitable Summary Organ-on-a-chip technology uses microfluidic devices to culture human cells in ways that better mimic physiology than standard dish cultures. In…
Use AI in the classroom to bring problems to life Summary In a short correspondence, Zerong Xie and Chenwei Zhang note that while many countries have invested heavily in teaching…
