Ancient humans painted scenes in Indonesian caves more than 45,000 years ago, but their art is disappearing rapidly. (www.nature.com)
‘Biocomputer’ combines lab-grown brain tissue with electronic hardware (www.nature.com)
Dirty air is linked to smaller babies across huge swathes of Asia and Africa (www.nature.com)
The most powerful cosmic ray since the Oh-My-God particle puzzles scientists (www.nature.com)
Scientists have detected the most powerful cosmic ray seen in more than three decades. But the exact origin of this turbocharged particle from outer space remains a mystery, with some suggesting that it could have been generated by unknown physics....
What the OpenAI drama means for AI progress — and safety (www.nature.com)
Unavoidable future increase in West Antarctic ice-shelf melting over the twenty-first century (www.nature.com)
Scientists deliberately gave women Zika — here’s why (www.nature.com)
‘Human challenge’ results suggest that such trials could be used to test vaccines when Zika incidence is low....
Milkshake neuroscience: how the brain nudges us toward fatty foods (www.nature.com)
Rich, high-fat foods such as ice cream are loved not only for their taste, but also for the physical sensations they produce in the mouth — their ‘mouthfeel’. Now scientists have identified a brain area that both responds to the smooth texture of fatty foods and uses that information to rate the morsel’s allure, guiding...
Astronomy society revises harassment policy after outcry (www.nature.com)
The International Astronomical Union clarified changes to its code of conduct after researchers voiced concern that it protected harassers.