Students who open a personal social media account earlier in adolescence appear to perform worse in later standardised tests, according to a study in Nature Human Behaviour based on 5,227 Italian students. go.nature.com/4c07eyN
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- A feature in Nature reports how newly discovered figurines point to skills that might have helped shape early humans’ expansion across Europe. “There’s something magical about these pieces,” says archaeologist Nicholas Conard. go.nature.com/4pONa8b
- Summer days featuring conditions that promote wildfire ignition, intensity, and spread have more than doubled across large parts of the Iberian Peninsula, France, Italy, and Greece since 1981, according to a study in Scientific Reports. go.nature.com/4fu0ATN
- Two papers in Nature report on silicon-based quantum computing chips capable of carrying out basic operations that are critical to enable quantum-based computation. go.nature.com/4h3Td6L go.nature.com/4pJjclY
- Deploying ocean iron fertilization in higher latitudes rather than near the equator could reduce environmental impacts while still achieving removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, according to a study in Nature. go.nature.com/4hJtalk
