NEWS AND VIEWS24 March 2026An explanation of the difficulty in judging musical tones, and colourful rings spotted around the Sun, in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.100 years agoAccess optionsAccess Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journalsGet Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription27,99 € / 30 dayscancel any timeLearn moreSubscribe to this journalReceive 51 print issues and online access199,00 € per yearonly 3,90 € per issueLearn moreRent or buy this articlePrices vary by article typefrom$1.95to$39.95Learn morePrices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkoutdoi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00644-3This article features text from Nature’s archive. By its historical nature, the archive includes some images, articles and language that by twenty-first-century standards are offensive and harmful. Find out more.See all News & ViewsSubjectsHistoryArtsAtmospheric scienceLatest on:HistoryArtsAtmospheric scienceJobs Postdoctoral FellowA postdoctoral fellow position is available at NIH for translational research on neural mechanisms of frustration/irritability in mice and humansBethesda, Maryland (US)National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of HealthPermanent Researcher Positions for Materials Science [R26-01~12]National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS, Tsukuba, Japan) invites international applications from researchers who can conduct research in mat...Tsukuba, Ibaraki (JP)National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)Open Rank Faculty Position in Engineering - School of Science and EngineeringThe School of Science and Engineering (SSE) at theCUHK-Shenzhen sincerely invites applications for Tenure/Teaching/Research Stream faculty positionsShenzhen, ChinaThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen - School of Science and Engineering