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Make videos for Nature here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7c8mE90qCtu11z47U0KErg Posts might just be weird Simpsons gags though...
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We are hiring. If you want to join a team of enthusiastic editor working on water-related issues consider applying for the position of Associate or Senior Editor. The deadline is June 30th ! 👇 springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

🎥Video of the Year Award #ABSWawards 📣Meet the #finalists 🎉🎉🎉 👉 @danjfox.bsky.social & @shamini.bsky.social YouTube / @nature.com 🔗zurl.co/alAhF 👉 @pallabg.bsky.social Kevin Church, David Brown & Kate Stephens #BBC 👉 @bbcvic.bsky.social K.Church & K.Stephens #BBC 🔗zurl.co/LN5MA zurl.co/gWdMb

And if you'd rather watch a video than read my story on nanoparticle-infused contact lenses that let you see in the infrared, you're in luck! We made a quick one here (with @shamini.bsky.social & @danjfox.bsky.social) www.youtube.com/shorts/aBulp... ⚛️🧪

Super cool stuff from @lizziegibney.bsky.social and @shamini.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/aBulp...

A film I made with @nature.com and @danjfox.bsky.social won an award 😍 www.tellyawards.com/winners/2025...

Very honoured by the @absw.bsky.social nomination for my piece on CERN's future without Russia ⚛️ www.nature.com/articles/d41... Huge congrats to all the finalists including @nature.com's @shamini.bsky.social, @danjfox.bsky.social @helenpearson.bsky.social & Nisha Gaind (who also edited the above!)

Exciting news...Nature Methods is hiring a new editor! This exciting and dynamic role will be shared with the Nature Research Cross-Journal Editorial Team. Apply here by June 1! springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

Afternoon! This film about moths from last year is nominated for an @absw.bsky.social award. Which seems like a good reason to reshare it youtu.be/i7awa_WGI_o

Latest from the Nature Podcast 🔊 How to transport antimatter — stick it on the back of a van https://go.nature.com/4jUw451

Is it OK for AI to write science papers? Nature survey shows researchers are split www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Do you have a particle accelerator? Would you like to make a few trillionths of a gram of gold? I have the video for you. New vid by me for @nature.com

The DNA of each child contains mutations not found in either parent. To find out how much DNA changes, and how fast the human genome mutates, researchers compared genomes from four generations of a single family. They found mutation hotspots and bigger genetic changes than seen before. 🧬#GeneChat

DeepMind's @matejbalog.bsky.social & colleagues have come up with a seemingly simple but successful technique to improve algorithms in computer science & maths: an LLM comes up with ideas that an evaluator critiques against metrics. Repeat until you've nailed it. 🧪🤖 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Coprolite isn't my favorite fossil but it's a solid number two.

Alchemy you say! youtube.com/shorts/xxq1m... @nickpetrichowe.bsky.social

new gender neutral greeting just dropped

In case you were wondering why I've been trawling YouTube for 60s Czech animations, here's a new film from @shamini.bsky.social youtu.be/6TTCZdZd4Y4

Apparently it's #invertefest I haven't done near enough art of them!

Heard about that new colour all the cool kids are talking about? @lizziegibney.bsky.social can explain it for you youtube.com/shorts/A-ywx...

New @nature.com vid is up youtu.be/Y5xRtJjNCh0 This was a really fun film to work on, featuring genuine Dan Fox Hands (TM)

I don't remember the last time I was this emotionally invested

HOLY SHIT! This might be the coolest thing ever.

I've just published a new video based on the fascinating work of @aukeflorian.nl described below. Check it out on the Nature YouTube channel! youtu.be/LyHY971NsV8

“As a matter of policy, we do not respond to reporters with pronouns in their bios.”

Goodbye productivity.

I am YELLING

A friend spotted this in Private Eye. Now I can go extinct with a smile on my face.

When Nature does a photo roundup, it’s always worth a scroll. March’s edition is packed with mind-blowing REAL shots that capture the beauty, weirdness, and wonder of science 🧪—no AI needed. Case in point: this gorgeous shot of two courting crab spiders. Just one of many stunners. 💘

An AI system has for the first time figured out how to collect diamonds in the hugely popular video game Minecraft https://go.nature.com/4hYjsYX

Woop woop. You can vote for a @nature.com video on cancer busting vaccines in this year's Webby awards. And then head over to the podcast categories to vote for the Nature podcast vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

For decades, the US has been a magnet for global research talent. According to a poll we ran, many are considering leaving & Europe is advertising itself as a destination for embattled US scientists. A brain drain would impoverish the US & diminish global science 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Scientists Successfully Teach Gorilla It Will Die Someday

I've a lot of time for a papier mache head

i love puppets www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_XI...

If there are scientists who suddenly need a personal website for reasons because they want their work independent of an institution and under their control, I'm also suddenly in need of work and I'd love to work with you on a website, I've built hundreds of them for researchers!

📸✨ Join Nature’s photo competition for a chance to be featured in the magazine, win a print and online subscription to the journal, and take home £500. 💰🌿 Submit your best #ScientistAtWork photo (and any questions) to [email protected]. 🔗 Enter here: www.nature.com/immersive/sc...

Mordor. Tough place to go

OK, this is pretty cool. My first ever lab mate from the Ford Denison lab, @tobykiers.bsky.social and I had nearly back to back covers this month at Nature. Neither of us work on the legume-rhizobium symbiosis anymore, and both work in fungi! Also- look at how similar those network topologies are!

I built a Playstacean!

Although the basic idea of quantum #physics dates back further, it wasn’t until 1925 when Werner Heisenberg had the inspiration that marked the true dawn of quantum theory. Browse the Nature special celebrating 100 years of quantum theory. 🧪 ⚛️

Every time the WhatsApp group for my kids school bursts into life

A Chinese team has created a fridge-sized, 23kg satellite that can perform quantum key distribution in space & used it to transmit a secure image 13,000km. A quantum secure network that spans the globe is not far away ⚛️🧪 My @nature.com story here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I had a lot of fun discussing #textgrad on the @nature.com podcast with @climateadam.bsky.social! It starts at around 12 minutes here www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Some concept arts from "The Twilight World" french/german animated feature project directed by Werner Herzog (Psyop / Sun Creature). Story: Michael Arias ("Tekkonkinkreet") & Luca Vitale. Visual development: Linnea Serte & Katsuya Terada.

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