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What matters in science |  View this email in your browser Friday 10 May 2024 Hello Nature readers, Today we see a bit of the human brain at nanoscale resolution, hear from an AI researcher advising US lawmakers and consider whether it's time to draw the line on extreme wealth. Rendering based on electron-microscope data, showing the positions of neurons in a fragment of the brain cortex. Neurons are coloured according to size. (Google Research & Lichtman Lab (Harvard University). Renderings by D. Ber

What matters in science |  View this email in your browser Thursday 9 May 2024 Hello Nature readers, Today, we learn about a major step toward ultra-precise 'nuclear' clocks, find out about the first rocky exoplanet with a confirmed atmosphere and discover new ways to report negative results. Super-precise optical clocks have made it possible to probe Earth's gravitational field by measuring differences in clock speed. Even more precise nuclear clocks could give these methods a major boost. (Andrew

What matters in science |  View this email in your browser Wednesday 8 May 2024 Hello Nature readers, Today we explore concerns about the future spread of bird flu in cows, learn about a big upgrade to AlphaFold and discover how hacking the immune system could slow ageing. Genomic data suggest that the virus jumped from wild birds to cattle in late 2023, but it's uncertain how it is spreading between herds. (Ben Brewer/Reuters) Bird flu in US cows: where will it end

What matters in science |  View this email in your browser Tuesday 7 May 2024 Hello Nature readers, Today we hear that Chang'e-6 has successfully launched to the far side of the Moon, explore why grad students are going hungry on campus and read the letter that jump-started Alzheimer's research. A Chinese Long March 5 rocket, carrying the Chang'e-6 mission lunar probe, lifts off in the rain at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre on Hainan Island. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty)