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 These are a few of my favourite sounds: Books in brief

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 Hepatitis B vaccine guidance set to be rolled back for US babies: what the science says

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 The Indian Ocean disaster is a climate tragedy — and needs more attention

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 AI is saving time and money in research — but at what cost?

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 Author Correction: Activity of caspase-8 determines plasticity between cell death pathways

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 Persuading voters using human–artificial intelligence dialogues

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 Aluminium is crucial to vaccines — and safe. Why are US advisers debating it?

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 China’s scientific clout is growing as US influence wanes: the data show how

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 AI chatbots can sway voters with remarkable ease — is it time to worry?

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 DeepSeek’s self-correcting AI model aces tough maths proofs

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 AI chatbots can persuade voters to change their minds

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 Retraction Note: The economic commitment of climate change

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 Author Correction: Seismic detection of a 600-km solid inner core in Mars

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 Author Correction: Cleavage of RIPK1 by caspase-8 is crucial for limiting apoptosis and necroptosis

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 Experimental vaccine prevents deadly allergic reactions in mice

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 Growing cities face mounting challenges

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 Photobombing satellites could ruin the night sky for space telescopes

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 Computational design of metallohydrolases

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 A place-based assessment of biodiversity intactness in sub-Saharan Africa

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 Whole-genome landscapes of 1,364 breast cancers

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 Modelling late gastrulation in stem cell-derived monkey embryo models

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 Dated gene duplications elucidate the evolutionary assembly of eukaryotes

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 TSC tunes progenitor balance and upper-layer neuron generation in neocortex

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 The&#xa0;Microflora Danica atlas of Danish environmental microbiomes

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 Determination of the spin and parity of all-charm tetraquarks

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 Satellite megaconstellations will threaten space-based astronomy

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 Computational enzyme design by catalytic motif scaffolding

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 <b>Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery</b>

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 Video-call glitches trigger uncanniness and harm consequential life outcomes

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 Viral RNA blocks circularization to evade host codon usage control

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 <i>Homo&#xa0;sapiens</i>-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes

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 Architecture of the neutrophil compartment

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 Decay of driver mutations shapes the landscape of intestinal transformation

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 Darleane C. Hoffman obituary: chemist who expanded the periodic table

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 ‘Anyone hired a student before?’ How a group of novice lab leaders are supporting each other

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 Data drive city transportation forwards

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 Cities are embracing nature for flood defence

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 A glasses-free 3D display uses AI to direct images straight to the viewer’s eyes

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 Primate embryo model leaps across developmental boundaries

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 Order in which cancer-driving mutations occur affects the chance of tumour development

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 Satellite swarms set to photobomb more than 95% of some telescopes’ images

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 China accounts for more than half of leading output in the applied sciences

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 A bothy among the stars

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 Geothermal networks let cities warm and cool as one

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 AI reviewers are here — we are not ready

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 Even in space, telescopes can’t escape photobombers

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 Wooden skyscrapers point the way to more sustainable cities

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 Cities aren’t built for women — it’s time to change that

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 How cities can keep their cool

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 Quarks in ‘exotic’ quartets prefer to stick together

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 Still no sign of hypothetical sterile-neutrino particle

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 Building mentally healthy cities with neuroscience

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 The ‘silent’ brain cells that shape our behaviour, memory and health

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 Author Correction: Video‐rate tunable colour electronic paper with human resolution

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 Author Correction: The first-principles phase diagram of monolayer nanoconfined water

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 Bulk superconductivity up to 96 K in pressurized nickelate single crystals

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 Memes reveal threats to graduate-student mental health

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 Ease the EU postdoc job market with better routes to innovation

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 Drinking water is at risk during warfare — better protections are needed

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 ‘Fire amoeba’ survives in hotter conditions than any other complex cell

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 Alternatives to animal research are not inherently more ethical

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 Towns lag behind the switch to standard time

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 This is the world’s largest spider web — November’s best science images

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 Don’t downplay problems of bullying and harassment in academia

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 Great science happens in great teams — research assessments must try to capture that

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 Why universities need to radically rethink exams in the age of AI

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 Will blockbuster obesity drugs revolutionize addiction treatment?

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 Practical alternative to explosive reaction will improve lab safety

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 Editorial Expression of Concern: Cytokinesis failure generating tetraploids promotes tumorigenesis in <i>p53</i>-null cells

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 CD8<sup>+</sup> T cell stemness precedes post-intervention control of HIV viremia

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 Sustained HIV-1 remission after heterozygous CCR5Δ32 stem cell transplantation

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 Correlates of HIV-1 control after combination immunotherapy

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 AI finds signs of life in ancient rocks

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