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Photo By Kathryn Black Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Horned Lark in the Snow” by Kathryn Black. Location: Waterloo State Recreation Area, Michigan. “Part of a flock of horned larks, snow buntings and lapland longspurs migrating in late winter,” describes Black. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments ,  Galleries  and  Contests . Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook , Twitter  and Instagram . To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By Kathryn Black appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

Nature, Published online: 31 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03699-6 Imaging techniques are revealing unprecedented details about the inner workings of cells.

Nature, Published online: 31 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03846-z Activity of convalescent and vaccine serum against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron

Photo By Yvonne Baur Today’s Photo Of The Day is “The Snow Tree” by Yvonne Baur. Location: Bryce Canyon, Utah. “I headed to Bryce Canyon during a snow storm,” says Baur. “There wasn’t much to see as everything was socked in fog and snow. Then I saw this ponderosa pine and the snowdrift just in front of it and knew I found my perfect shot of the day.” Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments ,  Galleries  and  Contests . Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook , Twitter  and Instagram . To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By Yvonne Baur appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

Nature, Published online: 29 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03654-5 The Nature Podcast team select some of their favourite stories from the past 12 months.

Photo By VW Barnes Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Etendre” by VW Barnes. Location: Colorado. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments ,  Galleries  and  Contests . Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook , Twitter  and Instagram . To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By VW Barnes appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

Photo By Kathy Laverdure Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Red Fox” by Kathy Laverdure. Location: Quebec. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments ,  Galleries  and  Contests . Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook , Twitter  and Instagram . To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By Kathy Laverdure appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

Photo By David Connel Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Ice Forest” by David Connel. Location: Near Haines, Alaska. “While snowshoeing outside Haines, Alaska, I found this view of a forest covered in ice as far as the eye could see,” explains Connel. Exposure: 1/320 sec., f/8, ISO 250, 24mm. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments ,  Galleries  and  Contests . Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook , Twitter  and Instagram . To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By David Connel appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

What season is your favorite to photograph scenics? Each has its pluses and minuses with regard to weather, light, crowds, highlights, etc. Summer provides comfortable temperatures, so even at higher latitudes, it’s warm and comfortable. Spring brings a plethora of wildflowers and the land signals its rebirth of vegetation and life. Autumn is extremely special as yellows, reds and oranges adorn hillsides and forests in rainbows of warm-colored hues. And then comes winter. Most people’s immediate reactions are it’s cold, gray, barren, windy and they can’t wait until it’s over so spring can breathe life back into the ground. While these aspects may be true, it’s also a time when many positive cold and snowy landscape photography opportunities await the motivated landscape photographer. Winter is actually a fantastic time to create scenics. It will get cold, but today’s high-tech clothing that’s designed to be worn in layers regulates your comfort and keeps you warm. With each layer o...

Photo By Garry Everett Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Winter Light” by Garry Everett. Location: Yosemite National Park, California. “A snowstorm showing some respite to let the sun break through the clouds as it moved down the Yosemite Valley,” describes Everett. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments ,  Galleries  and  Contests . Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook , Twitter  and Instagram . To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By Garry Everett appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

Photo By Archie Tucker Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Christmas Portrait Grand Canyon” by Archie Tucker. Location: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments ,  Galleries  and  Contests . Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook , Twitter  and Instagram . To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By Archie Tucker appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

Nature, Published online: 25 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03655-4 Hundreds of engineering steps must now take place as the observatory unfurls and travels to its new home.

Photo By Craig Bill Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Frostbite” by Craig Bill. Location: Texas. See more of Bill’s photography at CraigBill.com . Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments ,  Galleries  and  Contests . Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook , Twitter  and Instagram . To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By Craig Bill appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

Nature, Published online: 24 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03842-3 Ultraviolet light controls the emergence of solid particles from a fluid, creating coral- and blossom-shaped structures.

Nature, Published online: 24 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03849-w Nature talks to Zhang Rongqiao, architect of the China National Space Administration’s Tianwen-1 mission, which landed the Zhurong rover on Mars.

Nature, Published online: 23 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03826-3 Striking antibody evasion manifested by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2

Nature, Published online: 23 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03824-5 Omicron extensively but incompletely escapes Pfizer BNT162b2 neutralization

Nature, Published online: 23 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03796-6 Omicron escapes the majority of existing SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies

Nature, Published online: 23 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03827-2 Considerable escape of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron to antibody neutralization

Nature, Published online: 23 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03825-4 Broadly neutralizing antibodies overcome SARS-CoV-2 Omicron antigenic shift

Nature, Published online: 22 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04153-3 Microbial methanogenesis converts up to 19% of the carbon dioxide injected into an oil field to methane, suggesting that microbial methanogenesis may be a globally important subsurface process.

Nature, Published online: 22 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04236-1 Studies based on cryo-electron microscopy structures of Hsp90 chaperone complexes reveal the molecular mechanism of the chaperone-mediated maturation of the human glucocorticoid receptor.

Nature, Published online: 22 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04156-0 The reported network of connectivity between atomic ensembles is entirely programmable and independent of its geometrical arrangement, because of the interaction with an optical cavity.

Nature, Published online: 22 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04189-5 A study reports and characterizes a high-entropy electrocaloric polymer that switches under low fields, and discusses its potential suitability for use in caloric heat pumps.

Nature, Published online: 22 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04224-5 An analysis of cancer mortality data for zoo mammals highlights marked differences across mammalian orders and an influence of diet, and shows that mortality risk is largely independent of body mass and life expectancy across species.

Nature, Published online: 22 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04168-w An electrochemical process stimulates the progression toward the electrode of isolated or ‘dead’ lithium in a battery, recovering its electrical connection, and the effect is demonstrated by increased cycle life.

Photo By Siu Lau Congratulations to Siu Lau for winning the Spooky Shots Assignment with the image, “Fly Through.” Lau says this image of a crow flying through an open forest was taken near Spruce Run Reservoir in New Jersey. Be sure to check out our current photography assignment here  and enter your best shots! The post Spooky Shots Assignment Winner Siu Lau appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

Nature, Published online: 22 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04151-5 Inelastic neutron scattering measurements show that superconductivity in UTe2 is associated with a resonance near antiferromagnetic order that suggests an unexpected spin-singlet component to the electron pairing.

Nature, Published online: 22 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03729-3 A microorganism that dwells in an underground oil reservoir has been found to degrade various petroleum compounds and use them to produce methane through a previously unreported biochemical pathway.

Photo By Sharon Ramer Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Is it Winter Already?” by Sharon Ramer. Location: New Hampshire. “Early snow in autumn has this chickadee wondering where fall went!” says Ramer. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments ,  Galleries  and  Contests . Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook , Twitter  and Instagram . To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By Sharon Ramer appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

Nature, Published online: 22 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03589-x Deaths caused by university lab blasts have some scientists in China concerned about a lack of oversight and standardized safety protocols, especially in teaching labs.

Nature, Published online: 21 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03829-0 Nearly all of the monoclonal antibodies used to prevent severe disease fail to stand up to the new variant, laboratory assays show.

Nature, Published online: 21 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04340-2 Activation mechanism of PINK1

We had so many incredible submissions to our weekly assignments over the past year. The slideshow below features the winning image from each assignment. Check it out for inspiration, and then get ready to enter our assignments in 2022! [ See image gallery at www.outdoorphotographer.com ] The post The 2021 Photo Assignment Winners appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

Nature, Published online: 21 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03739-1 Nature’s pages feature an exhibition of scientific toys, and consider competing national claims to take credit for Copernicus.

Nature, Published online: 21 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03781-z A look back at 2021 through the Sustainable Development Goals.

Photo By Kevin Cass Today’s Photo Of The Day is “How Big Of A Drop?” by Kevin Cass. Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. “Jack Pilot skis off a rock pillar in the Grand Targhee backcountry, giving a human scale on just how much air he is flying through on a gray day in Wyoming.” Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments ,  Galleries  and  Contests . Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook , Twitter  and Instagram . To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By Kevin Cass appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

Nature, Published online: 21 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03779-7 Secret of Hellenic Foundation’s success? Its staff

Nature, Published online: 21 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03777-9 Early-career researchers help Wellcome funding panel

Nature, Published online: 21 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03780-0 Half measures in One Health fail people and the environment

Nature, Published online: 21 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03778-8 Upgrade the science and technology policy system the US already has

Nature, Published online: 21 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03807-6 A few publishers are using automated software to catch flaws in submitted papers.

Nature, Published online: 20 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04313-5 Structural architecture of the human NALCN channelosome

Nature, Published online: 20 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04326-0 VLDLR and ApoER2 are receptors for multiple alphaviruses

Nature, Published online: 20 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04227-2 By tracing the changing size of ostrich eggshell beads, climate is shown to have an important role in influencing when and where regional African populations interacted.

Nature, Published online: 20 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03681-2 Beads made from ostrich eggshells, produced by people over the past 50,000 years, provide evidence for a long period of social connection between eastern and southern Africa, followed by isolation and then reconnection.

Photo By Robin Black Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Winter Fugue” by Robin Black. Location: Yosemite National Park, California. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments ,  Galleries  and  Contests . Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook , Twitter  and Instagram . To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By Robin Black appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

Nature, Published online: 20 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03782-y Nature speaks to four conference organizers who share the art of the feedback form.

Nature, Published online: 20 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03773-z Some societies and event organizers are rethinking their alcohol policies in a bid to be more inclusive.

Nature, Published online: 20 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03743-5 A festive new friend.

Nature, Published online: 20 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03788-6 Although burning bridges can be tempting, a better approach is to leave goodwill and cheer in your wake.

Nature, Published online: 20 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03707-9 To speed research, express conclusions as testable statements, and incorporate testing into training.

When lack of motivation dominates your creativity, reach down inside and think about the fact that the only direction you can move is forward. When things can only get better, celebrate it. Let a smile dominate your face. Cheer the end of an inactive period because things will get better! Here are a few things to try to help you stay motivated in photography.  One Way Out Dead ends are synonymous with running into a wall and not being able to move forward. What’s beautiful about a dead end is you can choose to make a U-turn to get back onto the main road. You’re not stuck at a roadblock. You’re not surrounded by traffic. You’re not waiting for hours at a red light. Put your photo car in reverse or initiate a U-turn. So what can you do to break the cycle? To begin, revel in the fact you’ve been down as a whole new aspect of photography will get discovered. Celebrate the fact you’ll create new and exciting images. Celebrate, because once you get back on the road, you may hit ano...

Photo By Ryan Cairl Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Starry Explosion” by Ryan Cairl. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments ,  Galleries  and  Contests . Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook , Twitter  and Instagram . To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By Ryan Cairl appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

Photo By Kathleen Wasselle Croft Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Vermilion Lake Sunrise” by Kathleen Wasselle Croft. Location: Near Banff, Alberta. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments ,  Galleries  and  Contests . Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook , Twitter  and Instagram . To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By Kathleen Wasselle Croft appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

Nature, Published online: 17 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03787-7 Research models shed light on how the Build Back Better bill might reshape the US energy landscape.

Nature, Published online: 17 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03810-x The first reported millipede to live up to its name. Plus, Afghan academics despair under the Taliban, and how to track the rise of Omicron and other variants.

Photo By Max Foster Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Enlightened” by Max Foster. Location: Texas. “Morning light breaks through the fog and illuminates the Spanish moss and cypress in the bayou,” describes Foster. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments ,  Galleries  and  Contests . Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook , Twitter  and Instagram . To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By Max Foster appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

Nature, Published online: 17 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03772-0 Omicron, Moon missions and particle physics are among the themes set to shape research in the coming year.

Nature, Published online: 16 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04321-5 Selective sulfidation of metal compounds

Nature, Published online: 16 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03750-6 When tested in monkeys, a lipid-rich molecule drove the concentration of an HIV-like virus below detectable levels.

Nature, Published online: 16 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03698-7 Researchers are rapidly sequencing the genomes of virus samples worldwide, but shortcomings in the global surveillance system make the task a challenge.

Nature, Published online: 16 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03711-z A wave of stem-cell systems are enabling researchers to unpick what happens after an embryo implants in the uterus.

Nature, Published online: 16 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03709-7 Nanotechnologist who built the first self-assembling DNA structures.

Photo By Thomas Nicholson Today’s Photo Of The Day is “On the Prowl” by Thomas Nicholson. Location: Serengeti National Park. “A lone cheetah wanders through a dusty Serengeti National Park in search of its next meal,” describes Nicholson. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments ,  Galleries  and  Contests . Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook , Twitter  and Instagram . To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By Thomas Nicholson appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

Nature, Published online: 15 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04202-x Author Correction: Schizophrenia risk from complex variation of complement component 4

Nature, Published online: 15 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03721-x Gynaecological cancer researcher Usha Menon explains why ovarian tumours have proved so difficult to detect early.

Nature, Published online: 14 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03765-z Protection against SARS-CoV-2 might decline over time, even in people who have been infected and vaccinated. Plus, home zookeepers breed insects for rewilding, and Sci-Hub’s court battle in India.

Nature, Published online: 15 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04192-w Publisher Correction: A solar C/O and sub-solar metallicity in a hot Jupiter atmosphere

Nature, Published online: 15 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04181-z Author Correction: Half- and quarter-metals in rhombohedral trilayer graphene

Nature, Published online: 15 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04178-8 Author Correction: A bimodal burst energy distribution of a repeating fast radio burst source

Nature, Published online: 15 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03684-z Mother birds on the Galapagos Islands that hunker down in their nests are the best at warding off the bloodthirsty parasite.

Nature, Published online: 15 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03701-1 The latest science news, in brief.

Nature, Published online: 15 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03736-4 A high-profile replication study in cancer biology has obtained disappointing results. Scientists must redouble their efforts to find out why.

Nature, Published online: 15 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03756-0 Experience in grant-writing, data analysis and presentation will serve you well, say Samantha Baggott and Jonathan McGuire.

Nature, Published online: 14 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03751-5 The Parker Solar Probe has passed through a boundary and into the Sun’s atmosphere, gathering data that will help scientists better understand stars.

Nature, Published online: 14 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03752-4 As the trial begins, legal experts say it could have a big impact on the US government’s controversial China Initiative.

Nature, Published online: 14 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03757-z Wearable technology could benefit from new wireless stretchable diodes

Nature, Published online: 14 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03679-w Nature’s pages look at efforts to understand the effect of typhoons on buildings, and feature reports of hitchhiking snails.

Nature, Published online: 14 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03734-6 From Omicron to a Mars helicopter to an Alzheimer’s firestorm, our news editors choose the defining moments in science and research this year.

Nature, Published online: 14 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03760-4 For two decades, mycologist Matt Kasson’s hyperactivity and anxiety felt like a superpower. Then COVID struck.

Nature, Published online: 14 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03735-5 Nature has made progress in improving the representation and participation of women at scientific conferences — but there is still much more to do.

Nature, Published online: 14 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03677-y The gigantic flying reptile Quetzalcoatlus northropi, which lived in the age of the dinosaurs, could also walk and even run, with the help of ‘ski pole’ front limbs.

Nature, Published online: 14 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03696-9 Remembering a pioneer in biotechnology

Nature, Published online: 14 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03705-x Two very different books explore the past, present and future of glaciers.

Nature, Published online: 14 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03700-2 Publications co-authored by scientists from the West are sometimes discounted by grant and hiring committees. That needs to change.

Nature, Published online: 13 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03754-2 Merck’s oral COVID drug appears to be less effective than originally thought. Plus, promising vaccines for the respiratory virus RSV, and the most stunning science photos of the year.

Nature, Published online: 14 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03695-w Prepare PhD holders for different career tracks

Nature, Published online: 13 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03674-1 The pairing of SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination against it confers powerful protection, but data from Israel show that that protection gradually declines.

Nature, Published online: 10 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03737-3 The earliest reported remains of domestic dogs in the Americas have been found in a cave in western Canada. Plus, how an AI has tackled one of chemistry’s most valuable techniques, and how to talk to your PhD adviser.

Nature, Published online: 13 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03659-0 Delhi court will scrutinize whether the pirate paper website falls foul of India’s copyright law. The verdict could have implications for academic publishers further afield.

Photo By Laura Schoenbauer Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Foggy Forest” by Laura Schoenbauer. Location: Afton, Minnesota. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments ,  Galleries  and  Contests . Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook , Twitter  and Instagram . To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By Laura Schoenbauer appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

Nature, Published online: 13 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03667-0 Molnupiravir was initially heralded by public-health officials as a game-changer for COVID-19, but full clinical-trial data showed lower-than-expected efficacy.

Nature, Published online: 13 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03521-3 A helicopter on Mars, human–monkey embryos, volcanic ash and more.

Nature, Published online: 13 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03706-w Edmund Blades manages an atmospheric observatory at Ragged Point, Barbados.

Nature, Published online: 10 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03675-0 Model further challenges the idea that pedestrians walking in step caused the oscillation of London’s Millennium Bridge.

Nature, Published online: 13 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03622-z Researchers are trying to dismantle the flawed concept of homogeneous racial mixing that has fostered discrimination in Mexico, Brazil and other countries.

Photography has become so popular, a cookie-cutter look appears in the vast majority of published images. Ponder this scenario—50 photographers line up along one of the pullouts in the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone in the fall. There stands a majestic bull elk in good light grazing on the golden grasses. Each one of the 50 photographers has a 500mm or 600mm lens attached to their camera body, and this setup is attached to a fully extended tripod set to eye level. Simultaneous clicks are heard each time the elk raises its head from the grass. The end result? Fifty extremely similar photos because no one sought out unique vantage points in photography. The purpose of this week’s tip is to hopefully get you to think outside the box and not replicate everyone else. Do something different. The slogan I like to use is, “Exhaust all possibilities.” Seeking out unique vantage points in photography will help you create photographs from a new point of view. Think about getting to a higher or l...

Photo By NamHui Anderson Today’s Photo Of The Day is “The Blessing Night of Vesturhorn” by NamHui Anderson. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments ,  Galleries  and  Contests . Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook , Twitter  and Instagram . To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them.   The post Photo Of The Day By NamHui Anderson appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

Photo By Heather Nicole Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Good Night Kenya” by Heather Nicole. Location: Amboseli National Park. “The sun slowly drifts off to sleep among the soft leaves of an acacia tree,” describes Nicole. Canon EOS 6D Mark II, Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments ,  Galleries  and  Contests . Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook , Twitter  and Instagram . To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By Heather Nicole appeared first on Outdoor Photographer .

Nature, Published online: 10 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03676-z Arctic waters have notched a growing number of extreme events called marine heatwaves, raising fears for the region’s more heat-sensitive sea creatures.

Our annual selection of the best photo gear for 2021 represents the innovations made in the art and technology of photography. Cameras are undeniably moving toward a mirrorless future, and 2021 advanced considerably to that end. Nearly all of the new gear introduced this year was for mirrorless systems. Here are our top picks of those new cameras and lenses that meet the unique needs of nature and adventure photographers. Camera of the Year 2021: Sony a1 Sony a1 (front) This year was a significant one for flagship mirrorless camera releases from Canon, Nikon and Sony. Canon introduced the EOS R3, which sits at the top of its full-frame mirrorless system and is carefully positioned by Canon as “between” the EOS R5 mirrorless and EOS-1D X DSLR, leaving room for a future mirrorless model above the R3. And just after the print edition of this article hit the press, Nikon unveiled its new flagship, the Z 9, Nikon’s most advanced full-frame mirrorless camera to date and an incredibly im...