An increased amount of thick sea ice flowing south from the Arctic Ocean shortened the ice-free shipping season in several parts of the Northwest Passage between 2007 and 2021, according to an analysis in Communications Earth & Environment. Alison Cook and colleagues suggest this could mean

Hundreds of medical algorithms have been approved on the basis of limited clinical data. nature reports on the debate among scientists on who should test these tools and how best to do it. go.nature.com/4dUveSv

A Nature Nano paper presents a data storage and computation engine comprised of DNA adsorbed to soft dendricolloids, demonstrating capabilities from archival storage to non-destructive file access for reading, erasing, rewriting and computing. 🔒 go.nature.com/4cGySOU

Looking for errors in published papers is neither systematic nor rewarded. A feature in nature outlines the ERROR project, which aims to change that by paying reviewers to check highly cited psychology and psychology-related papers for errors. go.nature.com/3T96fmA

A study in Communications Earth & Environment suggests early human groups were present in Mallorca, Spain, at least 5600 years ago, earlier than previously thought, based on evidence from a submerged bridge’s coloration mark and speleothem-based relative sea level analysis. go.nature.com/4dOyy1V

A paper published in Scientific Reports presents a novel gait recognition system with an average accuracy of 98.77%. go.nature.com/4dOILel

A paper in Nature Geoscience suggests that earthquakes may cause the formation of an electrical field in quartz that leads to the deposition of gold nuggets. go.nature.com/3z08B0j

A Review in NatRevRheumatol explores the interactions between osteoarthritis-related pain and obesity, adipose tissue dysfunction and metabolic syndrome. go.nature.com/4dKEZ62

A paper in Nature Communications reports the detection of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in various avian and mammalian species within the Antarctic region, including black-browed albatross and Antarctic fur seals. go.nature.com/3MRejVH

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A study in Nature Medicine finds generally larger brain-age gaps in Latin American compared with non-Latin American populations, which were influenced by disparities in socioeconomic and health-related factors. go.nature.com/3MoyLg3

A paper in Nature Geoscience suggests that the sensitivity of wildfires to climate change in Arctic–boreal regions may vary geographically because of human and environmental influences. go.nature.com/4ecfOt7

A comprehensive city-scale inventory of macroplastic pollution, published in nature, reveals hotspots of plastic waste pollution across over 50,000 cities globally. go.nature.com/4e9r21r

Children with ADHD and/or autism spectrum disorder show executive function deficits compared to neurotypical peers. A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology examines whether these deficits are shared across both conditions. 🔒 go.nature.com/3Z9DR7u

Fur animals can act as reservoirs and important transmission hubs for emerging infectious diseases, according to a study in nature. go.nature.com/4cRxIAe

A Review in Nature Metabolism provides an overview of the interplay between diet and the gut microbiota, and how this affects brain function. 🔒 go.nature.com/4e32hDW

Enhanced chemical weathering following continental breakup may have driven a succession of Mesozoic oceanic anoxic events, according to tectonic and biogeochemical modelling presented in Nature Geoscience. go.nature.com/4cVXQdf

A study in nature identifies a brain network observed to be nearly two times larger in most sampled individuals with depression than in healthy counterparts. The findings highlight new potential targets for future therapeutic interventions. go.nature.com/3ThLbul