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Nature, Published online: 18 June 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01948-6Scientists have identified only the second known stable nitrogen molecule: hexanitrogen. Plus, much of the hunting driving pangolins to extinction in Nigeria is for food, not scales and an emergency check-up for the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.

Nature, Published online: 18 June 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01948-6Scientists have identified only the second known stable nitrogen molecule: hexanitrogen. Plus, much of the hunting driving pangolins to extinction in Nigeria is for food, not scales and an emergency check-up for the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.