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What matters in science |  View this email in your browser Thursday 29 February 2024 Hello Nature readers, Today we learn why humans don't have tails, discover that dwarf galaxies cleared the cosmic fog after the Big Bang and explore the highs and lows of using ChatGPT for scientific writing. Primates with tails — such as this Geoffroy's spider monkey ( Ateles geoffroyi ) — lack a certain DNA insertion that people have. ( Credit: Mark Newman/Getty) How humans lost th...

What matters in science |  View this email in your browser Wednesday 28 February 2024 Hello Nature readers, Today we hear that two influential papers about the abortion drug mifepristone have been retracted, learn how the 'flashlight' method can boost team dynamics and see a sensational sea toad. One of the now-retracted studies claimed that the incidence of ER visits after induced abortion in the United States is increasing year on year, without comparing the trend with that in overall ER visits. (Eve...

What matters in science |  View this email in your browser Tuesday 27 February 2024 Hello Nature readers, Today, we discover a cosmic-ray-creating space 'bubble', explore the link between gut bacteria and eye diseases, and find out why live music makes us more emotional than recordings. In the star-forming region Cygnus OB2, powerful stellar winds collide with interstellar gas, creating the ideal conditions for accelerating cosmic rays to near the speed of light. (X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Drake et al; H...

What matters in science |  View this email in your browser Monday 26 February 2024 Hello Nature readers, Today, we reveal the fate of an iconic stellar explosion, discover six ways to craft a career that makes a positive impact and delve into the debate over a figure connecting genes, race and ethnicity. This image of supernova 1987A was created by combining a photo from the Hubble Space Telescope with data from one of JWST's instruments, which detected a signature of the neutron star (blue) at its core. ...