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For decades, physicists have struggled to reconcile the laws governing the very small with those that describe the vast cosmos. Quantum mechanics rules subatomic particles, while general relativity ...

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We look back on about 11 years of the Gaia spacecraft, now at the end of its mission to create the best map of the Milky Way. Humans have a surprising lack of hair for mammals. Biological ...

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Your editorial ‘Science communication will benefit from research integrity standards’ (see Nature 635, 8; 2024) highlights important challenges in science communication. But it overlooks a ...