Canada’s universities are competing aggressively for funding attached to ‘unicorn’ faculty positions. These rare, prestigious posts are backed by Can$1 billion (US$734 million) in federal investment to attract 100 researchers working on…
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Briefing chat: ‘Can it run <i>Doom</i>?’ — why scientists got brain cells and a satellite to play the classic game
Nature, Published online: 13 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00845-w
Nature staff discuss some of the week’s top science news.
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Genomes shake up the shark family tree
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How the classic computer game Doom became a tool for science
Developers of the computer game Doom released the game’s code in 1997, allowing scientists to use it as part of their research.Credit: id Software via ArcadeImages/Alamy
When the computer game Doom was released in 1993, its utility for science…
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AI-driven memory shortage is impacting science
Production of memories chips has shifted away from standard models in favour of the extra-powerful versions needed for AI systems. Credit: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg/Getty
Video gamers were among the first to grumble when supplies of random access…
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Rapid evolution helped wildflowers survive California’s megadrought
During California’s worst dry spell in the past 1,200 years, some populations of wildflowers defied the odds to survive the ordeal. Researchers say they now believe these flowers relied on a type of rapid…
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Man Finally Catches Mysterious Litterbug Who’s Been Dumping His Trash Every Week
For weeks now, Reddit user Rroytje has been plagued by an ongoing mystery. Just about every time he’d haul his garbage bin to the curb outside his home in Melbourne, Australia, he’d later find its contents strewn across his driveway.
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This Isn’t Just Another Rocky World Orbiting a Red Dwarf. This One’s Special
Astronomers have found an exoplanet that could serve as a benchmark in future studies. It’s a rocky planet orbiting an M-type star, and though these planets are plentiful, this one could serve as a benchmark for understanding other…
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‘Completely bonkers’: Astronomers find evidence of a cataclysmic collision between exoplanets
Astronomers have collected evidence of a violent collision between two planets in a distant star system. The first clues of this cataclysmic event came when a rather boring star began behaving very oddly. The collision seems to resemble the…
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