Nuclear-weapons risks are back — and we need to act like it
Nuclear-weapons risks are back — and we need to act like it Summary Ankit Panda argues that nuclear weapons are not a Cold War relic but an active and growing…
The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system
The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system Summary The article examines growing strain on the peer-review system across journals and funders as submissions rise but the reviewer pool…
Data anomalies and the economic commitment of climate change
Data anomalies and the economic commitment of climate change Summary This note by Bearpark, Hogan and Hsiang re-examines Kotz, Levermann and Wenz (KLW) 2024, which estimated very large global GDP…
Daily briefing: US researchers fight back on key climate report
Daily briefing: US researchers fight back on key climate report Summary This Nature Briefing (08 August 2025) highlights US climate scientists mobilising in response to a controversial US Department of…
Outrage over Trump team’s climate report spurs researchers to fight back
Outrage over Trump team’s climate report spurs researchers to fight back Summary The US Department of Energy (DoE) released a short report by five authors that argues global warming is…
How researcher visa curbs threaten science careers
How researcher visa curbs threaten science careers Summary Nature examines how recent visa curbs, travel bans and longer processing times are imperilling the careers of international researchers and students. The…
Torvalds blasts tardy kernel dev: Your ‘garbage’ RISC-V patches are ‘making the world worse’
Torvalds blasts tardy kernel dev: Your ‘garbage’ RISC-V patches are ‘making the world worse’ Summary Linux overlord Linus Torvalds publicly scolded long-time contributor Palmer Dabbelt for submitting a late patch…
Intel chief Lip-Bu Tan to visit White House after Trump calls for him to step down
Intel chief Lip-Bu Tan to visit White House after Trump calls for him to step down Summary Intel CEO Lip‑Bu Tan is due at the White House following public calls…
Wikimedia Foundation loses first court battle to swerve Online Safety Act regulation
Wikimedia Foundation loses first court battle to swerve Online Safety Act regulation Summary The High Court has rejected the Wikimedia Foundation’s initial challenge to the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA)…
Hanging up: AOL to pull the plug on its dial-up service after 36 years
Hanging up: AOL to pull the plug on its dial-up service after 36 years Summary From the department of “Want to feel old?”: Yahoo! has confirmed AOL will discontinue its…