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After two volatile years, FDA approvals in 2024 settled closer to their 10-year average. Will nominated commissioner Marty Makary shake things up, or maintain a steady ship? Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription 24,99 € / 30 days cancel any time Subscribe to this journal Receive 12 print...

During the past 13 years, the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) has awarded US $4.6 million in scholarships to undergraduate students in North America studying power engineering as part of its Scholarship Plus Initiative. PES has increased the scholarship amount this year to $10,000, up from $7,000. Recipients, who do not have to be...

In the wake of the November 2024 US election, several commentators have suggested that the US Democratic Party abandon its commitment to so-called “identity politics,” which they identify as elitist, condescending, and divisive. They argue that rather …Read whole article here

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This artist’s impression shows CR7 a very distant galaxy discovered using ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Water is the essence of life. Every living thing on Earth contains water within it. The Earth is rich with life because it is rich with water. This fundamental connection between water and life is partly due...

In the summer of 1925, journalists, lawyers, and gawkers alike descended upon Dayton, Tennessee, population 1,800, to witness the unfolding of what was to become one of the most famous episodes in the ongoing conflict between science and religion.  It was oppressively hot and muggy, but that didn’t hamper the carnival atmosphere. Street vendors hawked...

Editor’s note: This article mentions organizations that are trying to help people affected by the wildfires in California, but it is not an endorsement of the listed groups. Readers should vet any organization they are thinking of donating to. Firefighters are hoping for a break Jan. 10 from the fierce winds that have fueled massive...

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Imagine this scenario: Two people cheat on their partners with each other and then leave their partners to be together. Should they trust each other, or “once a cheater, always a cheater”? Intuition and past research suggest that whether people deem someone trustworthy depends on that person’s past behavior and reputation...

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation snapshots of a single ring polymer conformation taken from a dense melt of N=1,600 for the four indicated values of bending energy. Different colors indicate different parts of the same ring. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2403964121 When a spider is spinning its web, its silk...

Depiction of the electro beam statite used in the study. Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2407.09414 Getting a spacecraft to another star is a monumental challenge. However, that doesn’t stop people from working on it. The most visible groups currently doing so are Breakthrough Starshot and the Tau Zero Foundation, both of whom focus on a...