Leadership in science: “There is nothing wrong with being wrong”

Nature, Published online: 04 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00348-yScience is in good shape when its leaders can acknowledge things that go wrong, says Fiona Watt.

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Volcanic quartet linked to bad times in ancient Egypt

Nature, Published online: 03 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00262-3Models show that four closely spaced eruptions would have interfered with Nile River patterns that aided farmers.

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A row is raging over Africa’s largest dam — science has a solution

Nature, Published online: 03 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00289-6Benefit-sharing is the best way out of the Nile-dam deadlock between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan, study finds.

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Dogma-defying bacteria package DNA in unusual ways

Nature, Published online: 03 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00334-4Some bacteria appear to encase their genomes in proteins called histones — which weren’t thought to exist in bacterial cells.

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C. David Allis (1951–2023)

Nature, Published online: 03 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00346-0Biologist who revolutionized the chromatin and gene-expression field.

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Daily briefing: The surprising chemicals used to embalm Egyptian mummies

Nature, Published online: 02 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00343-3Pots from a 2,500-year-old embalming workshop reveal mummification ingredients. Plus, what it will take to put a solar power station in space and how to write a popular science bestseller.

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When the immune system bites back, and biodiversity v. capitalism: Books in brief

Nature, Published online: 03 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00333-5Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

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India pledges $4 billion for green energy to cut carbon emissions

Nature, Published online: 03 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00285-wBut researchers say much more is needed to achieve the country’s climate goals.

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ChatGPT: five priorities for research

Nature, Published online: 03 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00288-7Conversational AI is a game-changer for science. Here’s how to respond.

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Scientists made a new kind of ice that might exist on distant moons

Nature, Published online: 02 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00293-wThe 'amorphous' solid is denser and could be water ‘frozen in time’.

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