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What matters in science |  View this email in your browser Thursday 30 November 2023 Hello Nature readers, Today we see a soft robotic tentacle inspired by octopuses, delve deeply into perovskite solar panels and discover a new way to make uniform high temperature plasma. A soft robotic tentacle inspired by octopuses can grasp small objects in air or water. (Li Wen) How does it feel to have an octopus arm? Researchers have developed a soft robotic tentacle that ca...

What matters in science |  View this email in your browser Wednesday 29 November 2023 Hello Nature readers, Today we ponder how sparrows expand their brains to serenade a mate, explore why some volunteers want to be infected with disease to aid research and read leaked documents that suggest the UAE is pushing oil deals at the COP28 climate summit. (blickwinkel/Alamy) Sparrow expands its brain before mating When it's time to find a mate, the parts of songbird bra...

What matters in science |  View this email in your browser Tuesday 28 November 2023 Hello Nature readers, Today, we examine a controversial claim that a mysterious structure in Indonesia is the world's oldest pyramid, meet anglerfish that spend their lives upside down and discover that babies start learning their mother's language before birth. It's unclear whether the layers of rock beneath Gunung Padang's stepped stone terraces were built by humans or are the result of natural weathering over time...

What matters in science |  View this email in your browser Monday 27 November 2023 Hello Nature readers, Today we examine a wave of childhood pneumonia cases in China, learn how to stop waves in their tracks and consider why we might embrace the feeling of uncertainty. Parents with children who are suffering from respiratory diseases line up at a children's hospital in Chongqing, China, last week. (Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty) What's behind China's pneumonia...