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Worker bee construction behaviour actively engineers a physicochemical niche that is crucial for queen development in honey bees.

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A natural depsipeptide antibiotic binds the E-site of the bacterial ribosome

Improved fractionation strategies can identify antibiotics with previously unseen scaffolds and mechanisms, exemplified by manikomycin from Streptomyces rimosus, which acts by targeting the E-site of the bacterial large ribosomal subunit.

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Earth’s east–west albedo symmetry

Analysis of a 25-year satellite record shows that Earth has a persistent east–west albedo symmetry split at 27° E, with clear-sky albedo, cloud radiative effect and open-ocean fraction exhibiting a triple symmetry around this meridian.

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Why are so many young people getting cancer? What researchers do and don't know

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How AI is reshaping discovery in maths and physics

Sustainability or dystopia? What past patterns tell us about where society is heading

Why are so many young people getting cancer? What researchers do and don't know

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Nuclear-fusion firm says plant will deliver electricity to grid – but big questions remain

Precise genome editing of human embryos triggers praise and alarm

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Fifty years since a simple equation described the chaos of biology

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A maize gene that coordinates flowering aids drought resistance

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Tiny hubs of metabolic activity optimize nitrogen use in maize

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Ubiquitin tags detected on non-protein biomolecules using new method

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