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Do scientists make good presidents? How five national leaders performed
Following Mexico’s election result, Nature reviews the legacy of well-known politicians with backgrounds in science and engineering.
Following Mexico’s election result, Nature reviews the legacy of well-known politicians with backgrounds in science and engineering.
As the zoo prepares to welcome two giant pandas from China, its director Brandie Smith discusses the departure of their predecessors, Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and a three-year-old cub.
In June 2004, the results of an ambitious Antarctic ice-drilling project brought insight into hundreds of thousands of years of climatic changes. The extraordinary sample still has much to offer climate research — even as its successor is being drilled.