The fossilized skull of a bird called Vegavis, which lived in the Antarctic some 68.7 million years ago, confirms it was an early member of the waterfowl group. However, the skull also suggests that, unlike most modern waterfowl, Vegavis used to dive for its fish prey.

Do mathematical skills that children acquire in the classroom transfer to real-world settings — and vice versa? Evidence from five large groups of children in India reveals that current school-based teaching practices are failing to bridge the gap. An innovative approach is needed to connect abstract maths to intuitively meaningful contexts and problems.

Electronic health records and tumour-genome profiling offer promising real-world data with which to model cancer outcomes. Models built by using artificial intelligence (AI) to annotate clinical reports from more than 20,000 individuals with cancer can predict survival, as well as identify genomic features associated with metastasis and response to immunotherapy.

A superconducting state can be induced in a twisted carbon-based material, but it can’t be described with conventional theory. A technique using high-frequency circuits could reveal the mechanism behind this fascinating state.