Nature staff discuss the emerging field of pet longevity — plus, a researcher decides not to care about their student reviews. Are they wrong?

Nature: Can science make your dog live longer? Longevity craze comes to pets

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

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Expedition revealed that water wasn’t enough for human settlement — plus, proposals to block sunlight get serious.

Research Article: Dellmour et al.

Nature: Sleep declines in rural communities after electricity arrives

Nature: AI doctors’ orders come with a sky-high bill

Nature: Could a giant sunshade in space 'solve global warming'? Scientists are taking the idea seriously

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Nature: A single antimatter particle in a cage opens door to ‘revolutionary’ physics

Aerospace America: JAXA’s MMX mission will include the first wheeled rover to drive in ultra-low gravity

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Research Article: Willemsen et al.

Nature: Orangutan mothers arrange play dates for their babies

Nature: Lead-tainted teeth reveal medieval mines’ unequal toll

Research Article: Xing et al.

Nature: This is what the mysterious Denisovans looked like

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Critical thinking is a skill that is under threat from the AI revolution in large language models. But all is not lost. Specialists in education and cognition have long been studying critical thinking, and some have useful tips on how to stay cognitively sharp in the age of AI.

This is an audio version of our Feature: How to stay smart in the age of AI: the science of critical thinking

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Nature: Watch this invisible tattoo appear under UV light

Nature: Big dogs age faster than little ones — rogue ‘jumping genes’ might be to blame

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Analysis suggests number of protected areas is hugely underestimated but biodiversity is still in peril — plus, a huge study looking at the health effects of brown fat.

Research Article: O’Neill et al.

Nature: The Solar System could die one billion times earlier than thought

Nature: Chimp and gorilla brains resist weight loss with age — unlike human brains

Research Article: Gómez-Banoy et al.

Nature: Overlooked 'brown' body fat linked to wide range of health benefits

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In this episode we discuss a recent Nature exclusive investigating an international constellation of sham academies and societies that have successfully misled some of the world’s leading scientists and universities.

Nature: Exclusive: Sham scientific societies are misleading star researchers

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