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Adam Levy 00:04 Hello. I’m Adam Levy, and this is Off Limits: Academia’s Taboos, a podcast from Nature Careers. In this episode: leaving academia. It’s no…

February 26, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmSex between Neandertals and anatomically modern humans tended to follow a specific patternInterbreeding between Neandertals and ancient…

Tens of thousands of years ago, as modern humans migrated into northerly territories inhabited by our ancient cousins, the Neanderthals, the two species met – and…

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres announced a new Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence on 12 February.Credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP via GettyDozens of researchers from…

Mosquitos are the deadliest animal on the planet, killing hundreds of thousands of people every year by transmitting malaria, dengue fever and a host of other…

In the Sicilian town of Giarre overlooking Mount Etna, Andrea Passanisi, a tropical and citrus fruits producer, uses an unusual fertiliser on his 100-hectare (247-acre) stretch…

Rats that had ancestors who had been exposed to a fungicide experienced health problems. Credit: Kseniia Glazkova/AlamyExposure to a fungicide induced changes to gene expression in…

February 26, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmRubin Observatory has started paging astronomers 800,000 times a nightAsteroids, exploding stars, and feasting black holes swarm…

Since the 1960s, global GDP has been rapidly rising and living standards have reached record highs. But something else has been rocketing up too – carbon…

Mice were given acetate and then performed tasks that tested their memory.Credit: fergregory/iStock via GettyA common metabolic by-product produced when the body breaks down alcohol, glucose…