The video opens with a man in his 80s slumped in a hospital bed, his face hollow as he scrunches his eyes. A jump cut advances the scene three days: the man is alert now, words gathering as he identifies his son. Six months later, he is pictured sitting upright, engaged in conversation. His gaze
Credit: keport/iStock via Getty A free webinar on how to use artificial intelligence in science job applications is now available to view on demand. The live event, hosted by Nature’s Careers team in June, investigates AI’s growing role in science recruitment, and how jobseekers can use it responsibly and effectively to draft CVs, cover letters
The rapid spread of generative AI tools has exposed deep vulnerabilities in conventional methods of academic assessment. This challenge came into sharp focus for me when I found evidence of widespread unauthorized use of artificial intelligence in an examination for my course on welfare economics and social-choice theory at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island,
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. A laser beam tracks the motions of the tiny magnet suspended in a vacuum chamber as it wobbles in response to magnetic fields.Credit: Wei Ji, Peking University A new magnetometer — a device used to measure
El Niño is back with a vengeance. A mammoth patch of warm water is growing in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is giving four-in-five odds that the disruptive climate phenomenon will turn into a “very strong” event by the end of the year. Some forecasters say this El
Girls return home from school in Fayzabad, Afghanistan. Girls are allowed to go to primary school until they are 11 or 12 years old, but are barred from secondary school and university.Credit: Omer Abrar/AFP/Getty This week marks five years since the Taliban marched back into Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. It is nearly four years since girls