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Groundwork All Around
An IST Austria collaboration names the reflex that lets plant roots smell decay and steer away from it. An Inca pilgrimage's final months, reconstructed through isotopes. Ten million euros arrive for the health of the soil itself — groundwork, from the ground up.
Putting a Number on It
A marine molecule the climate models had only estimated, now measured over the oceans. AlphaFold3 taught to match the structures experiments actually record. From a settled glioma trial to quantum photons to the ice around newborn stars — this issue, the estimates become figures.
Timing Is Everything
A narrow developmental window that autism mutations share. The moment quantum entanglement ignites in strange metals. The century-old policy still housing half a city. This issue, timing is the variable that changes everything.
The Spillover Edition
A WU Wien Nature paper shows mining for cobalt and copper drives deforestation far beyond mine boundaries in sub-Saharan Africa. A Nature Ecology & Evolution study explains why golden jackals are colonising Europe wherever humans suppress wolves. Different systems, same question.
Brains, Bias, and Breathless Heights
A Nature Immunology study reveals how immune cells hijack the brain's metabolism to fuel neuroinflammation. A Nature Human Behaviour paper shows drug policy preferences are driven by cognitive inertia, not evidence.
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