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Science and politics are inseparable — and Nature will be publishing more politics news, comment and primary research in the coming weeks and months.

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The coronavirus pandemic, climate change and space exploration are among the issues that Biden will influence if he wins the upcoming US election.

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Researchers will also recommend an open-access policy that promotes research being shared in online repositories.

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Interest in Earth’s hellish neighbour explodes after the detection of phosphine, a potential marker of life.

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If confirmed, Amy Coney Barrett is likely to influence the court on environmental regulation, scientific expertise and agency transparency, say legal scholars.

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A field experiment reveals that people are more likely to demand that rich members of society should pay more taxes when reminded about ongoing inequality through exposure to a symbol of wealth.

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Resident bacteria in the maternal gut are important for normal fetal brain development in mice. It emerges that this effect is driven by bacterially produced metabolite molecules that signal to the fetal brain.

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