Culture

Moebius Helped Shape the Sci-Fi Worlds We Know Today

The work of the French artist Moebius made him a foundational influence on the fantasy worlds of the 20th century.

Book Review: ‘The King Under the Mountain,’ by D.J. Taylor

D.J. Taylor’s new book is part biography and part critical study of the writer behind “The Lord of the Rings.”

A Graphic Novelist Gets to Know a Dictator, From Afar

For Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, imagining the life of North Korea’s leader was a risk worth taking, despite the backlash.

New Science Fiction and Fantasy

“The Subtle Art of Folding Space,” “Sublimation” and “Foundling Fathers” consider identity in worlds beyond our own.

Simon Winchester, Author of ‘The Professor and the Madman,’ Has Died

He was a geologist who switched careers and became a prolific and adventurous journalist. He died at 82.

Count the climate losses we prevent

Senji Kuroi Has Died. He Interpreted ‘the Salaried Soul.’

In books and essays, he captured the unease beneath Japan’s economic miracle and wrote about everyday people who might never appear in headlines.

Ryū Murakami, Writer Who Explored Japan’s Dark Side, Dies at 74

His books about sex, drugs and social misfits amid the country’s economic boom — and subsequent bust — sold millions of copies.

Book Review: ‘Arguments With Gandhi,’ by Ramachandra Guha

A new book explores the contested legacy of one of the world’s most respected independence leaders.

The Mysterious Case of the Real Agatha Christie

At the British Library, visitors are invited to sift through a lifetime of clues to uncover the woman behind the world’s best-selling crime novels.

People’s social networks can be unintentionally reshaped during randomized interventions

Tracing the spread of Celtic languages using ancient genomics

Eric Dane of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Highlights His Struggle With A.L.S. in Memoir

The actor, who played the handsome Dr. Mark Sloan on the ABC medical drama, worked on the book up until his death in February from A.L.S.

US social sciences face existential crisis after NSF cuts

How democracy depends on science — and must protect it

Cities are changing — and architects must adapt

Whence dragons?

Safety alerts must reach visiting PhD students

Universities must measure learning, both with and without AI assistance

A geospatial approach to measuring economic activity

Chinese doctoral students in clinical medicine can graduate without a thesis — more degrees to follow

The TEMPO program and the future of digital mental health regulation in the US

Nature awards recognize inspiring women in science

How researchers debunked ‘race science’: ‘a triumph of scientific self-correction’

In Indonesia, PhD students blow the whistle on bad supervision

Author Correction: Support for climate and biodiversity policies differs across cultural worldviews in Japan

Iranian scientists in the United States face major upheaval

Review of artificial intelligence technologies for older adult health and wellbeing in NIA AITC Program

Southeast Asian voices on climate change

EV charging meets multimodal policy: modal shift and commuter segmentation in a university city

Somewhere over the transcontinental burrito tunnel

The impact of the data factor platform on the urban green innovation: evidence from China

Patrick Stewart dies: how Captain Picard inspired today’s science leaders

Far-right slows energy transition

Integrating wearable technologies into age- and equity-responsive surveillance of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and healthy ageing in Ghana

How the US mid-term elections could shake up science

Publisher Correction: A holistic framework for enhancing the resilience of grassland-based farming systems to climate extremes

The SDGs need a subjective well-being reality check

On living and feeling better

Global socio-economic resilience to disasters

Incubating pandemic preparedness: a social algorithm for community-participatory intelligence in health security

Possible plague lab leak shows global biosecurity gaps

Where have all the saucers flown?

Why did ancient humans avoid this lush paradise

Author Correction: Urban energy and transport impacts of autonomous robotaxi deployment

Tethered to stone: how rock and water availability shaped early desert occupation

What students think about my teaching doesn’t matter. Am I wrong?

The integrated environmental zoning-based regulation further enhances sustainable development in China

How the pandemic changed trust in science — in four charts

Making ‘mind pictures’ takes mental effort

How to keep tabs on the tools in your lab

The Nobel prize in economic science has a serious gender problem

AI-hallucinated citations should be treated as research misconduct

Short-term academic visits to China could sustain ties

AI watermarking efforts must encourage independent public scrutiny

Author Correction: A competency framework for digital public health in Europe: an updated scoping review

Global climate body fights for survival: why the IPCC must be saved

Can scientists reliably tell if a novel is written using AI?

Women might have invented language — but not alone

Brazil election: many scientists relieved as Lula wins surprise victory

The Selfish Gene, 50 years on — it’s time for an update

Health information in Bangladesh: sources, trust, and perceived effectiveness of digital communication technologies

Education-related polygenic scores show different associations with youth mental health in parent-offspring trios

Parenting stress spirals and a gendered labour division over the Christmas holidays

Elusive snow leopards and evasive particles: Books in brief

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Rebody

Illusory disagreement over socialism and capitalism in the United States and Brazil

A holistic framework for enhancing the resilience of grassland-based farming systems to climate extremes

I’m expected to work excessive hours in the lab. Should I speak up about my disability?

Stimulation uncertainty reveals distinct mechanisms of sensation seeking and impulsivity

Anticipatory action: design, implementation and evaluation

Dynamic networks can promote pro-sociality

Long-term electoral participation among Swedish survivors of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami

The shift toward open and reproducible AI research

Structure-coefficient theorem for evolutionary games on dynamic networks

The Bursar

This is what the mysterious Denisovans looked like

Nova was never built for the populations it claims to protect

To heal sick cities, scientists and residents must work together

Global emissions slow — but world hurtles towards 2 °C of warming

A 700-kilometre copper supply network in Bronze Age China revealed by multi-proxy ore fingerprinting

Robert Williamson obituary: geneticist who mapped genes for muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis

Is it ‘moon-stroke’, or a chill?

Nature’s job-satisfaction survey highlights the changing geography of science

Can a human survive in a whale’s belly? The science behind the thriller Whalefall

Nepal’s disaster is an urgent wake-up call

Climate scientists face deluge of public-records requests about fossil-fuel studies

Audio long read: How to stay smart in the age of AI — the science of critical thinking

Lessons from Katrina: how to rebuild academia from the ground up

Decolonize soil erosion modelling

Improving safety frameworks for generative AI and youth well-being policy

Educating for a climate-changed future in India: diagnosing a mandate-without-mechanism condition

Educating for a climate-changed future in India: diagnosing a mandate-without-mechanism condition

From publication to action: connecting science, policy, and public attention for ocean-related climate mitigation

From publication to action: connecting science, policy, and public attention for ocean-related climate mitigation

Cities and urban areas are central to global decarbonization pathways

Cities and urban areas are central to global decarbonization pathways

Skill and spatial mismatches for sustainable development in Brazil

Skill and spatial mismatches for sustainable development in Brazil

The ambitions and limitations of climate assemblies

The ambitions and limitations of climate assemblies

Citizens’ assemblies propose ambitious climate policy but impacts remain limited

Citizens’ assemblies propose ambitious climate policy but impacts remain limited

Educational intervention can rewire village social networks

Educational intervention can rewire village social networks

Strengthening Rio Convention implementation architecture through reciprocal learning

Strengthening Rio Convention implementation architecture through reciprocal learning

China’s extraordinary rise in science and how it will change the world

China’s extraordinary rise in science and how it will change the world

Why not every global problem can be tackled by an IPCC-like organization

Why not every global problem can be tackled by an IPCC-like organization

Lead-tainted teeth reveal medieval mines’ unequal toll

Lead-tainted teeth reveal medieval mines’ unequal toll

A mysterious jelly seems to be left behind by toads

A mysterious jelly seems to be left behind by toads

Unmet care needs at the end-of-life among older adults with activity limitations

Unmet care needs at the end-of-life among older adults with activity limitations

Diversify Nobel-prize nominations before it’s too late

Diversify Nobel-prize nominations before it’s too late

High average and linear scaling of Ecological Footprint in cities

High average and linear scaling of Ecological Footprint in cities

Whistleblowing in universities is ‘extraordinarily risky’: stronger protections are needed

Whistleblowing in universities is ‘extraordinarily risky’: stronger protections are needed

What’s the secret sauce for happy scientists at work? These eight countries offer some clues

What’s the secret sauce for happy scientists at work? These eight countries offer some clues

Admire another researcher’s work? Tell them about it

Admire another researcher’s work? Tell them about it

Does the decline of book reading mark the end of rational thinking?

Does the decline of book reading mark the end of rational thinking?

Economics Nobel awarded for work on stabilizing economies in crisis

Economics Nobel awarded for work on stabilizing economies in crisis

Keep medical doctors in academia — without them, health-care research will suffer

Keep medical doctors in academia — without them, health-care research will suffer

Both selfish and prosocial actors distort their impact on others, but selfish-serving spin seems to spread

Both selfish and prosocial actors distort their impact on others, but selfish-serving spin seems to spread

Transforming federal emergency management: a new agenda for Canada

Transforming federal emergency management: a new agenda for Canada

Assessing the potential and cost of enhanced rock weathering in China

Assessing the potential and cost of enhanced rock weathering in China

Artificial intelligence across the medical education continuum: institutional, learning, readiness and safety systems

Artificial intelligence across the medical education continuum: institutional, learning, readiness and safety systems