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How the love of pets grew from a clash of world views

What matters in science |  View this email in your browser Friday 23 February 2024 Hello Nature readers, Today, we celebrate the first private lunar lander to make it safely to the Moon, explore a huge effort to gather DNA from the world's lakes on the same day and learn how the love of pets grew from a culture clash. The spacecraft Odysseus passes over the Moon on 21 February on its way to a successful landing on 22 February. (Intuitive Machines/NASA CLPS) Private ...

Microplastics muddy the definition of the Anthropocene

What matters in science |  View this email in your browser Thursday 22 February 2024 Hello Nature readers, Today we explore the life and death of Vittrup Man, discover that microplastics infiltrate sediment that formed long before plastic production began and consider taking a sabbatical from science to work in government. Dozens of Neolithic human remains — many of them young males — have been discovered in the same bog where Vittrup Man's were found; possibly they were ritually sacrificed. (Stephen Freih...

Great ‘Stone Age’ wall discovered in Baltic Sea

What matters in science |  View this email in your browser Wednesday 21 February 2024 Hello Nature readers, Today, we learn about an ancient megastructure discovered in the Baltic Sea and celebrate 200 years since scientists named the first dinosaur. Camera images, sediment cores and data from reflected sound waves helped researchers to locate a Stone Age wall made from more than 1,600 rocks, which now rests 21 metres below the ocean surface. (Philipp Hoy) Great 'St...