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Does China’s latest AI model finally match its American rivals? What scientists think 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 27, 2026
Credit: CN-STR/AFP via Getty The latest large language model (LLM) built in China is impressing scientists with its size and capabilities. Last week, Beijing-based Moonshot AI introduced ‘Kimi K3’, a powerful reasoning LLM that can handle large expanses of text. The company’s own tests found that the K3 can match or outperform rival American models
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Celebrating nature covers: past, present and future 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 27, 2026
You have full access to this article through your institution. Iconic Nature covers the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. Covers of Nature can be found hanging on home and office walls; They are regularly mentioned in conferences and are even topics of academic study.1. Likewise, they are an opportunity for scientists, science writers, and editors
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Daily Insight: Can the world finally eradicate polio?0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 26, 2026
You have full access to this article through your institution. Hello Nature Readers, would you like to receive this report in your inbox for free every day? Register here. Goats’ predilection for head-butting could cause brain damage. The researchers allowed three young goats (Capra hircus) to head-butt freely over the course of six months, scanning
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The heart has a “little brain” that protects against stress 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 26, 2026
One set of neurons helps the heart (pictured, a mouse’s heart) keep beating steadily, and another set buffers the heartbeat against acute stress.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/SPL Each heartbeat is choreographed not only by the brain but also by a mysterious nervous system embedded in the heart itself. Now, scientists studying mice have begun to unravel how
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Planetary-mass exosatellite detected around a star’s substellar companion – Nature 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 26, 2026
Schneider, J., Dedieu, C., Le Sidaner, P., Savalle, R. and Zolotukhin, I. The encyclopedia of extrasolar planets: a database for exoplanets and their host stars. Astron. Astrophy. 532A79 (2011). Google Scholar article Lazzoni, C. et al. The search for disks or planetary objects around directly imaged companions: a candidate around DH Tauri B. Astron. Astrophy.
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Air conditioning is not enough to keep people cool. Can scientists find an alternative?0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 26, 2026
Air conditioners generate heat and are expensive to operate.Credit: Ezra Acayan/Getty As large swaths of Europe and Asia suffer record heat waves this summer, discussions have focused on an obvious way to keep people cool: more air conditioners. Popular in high-income countries such as the United States, Japan and Australia, these units are less common
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