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‘What took them so long?’ This year’s medicine Nobel winner is overdue
Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03094-zNature’s senior biology reporter Ewen Callaway …
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Extinct yak relative discovered from DNA in Denisova cave
Genetic analysis of hundreds of tiny bone fragments found in the same cave that yielded the first fossil remains of the …
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Can we harness the brain’s deep-cleaning system to prevent Alzheimer’s?
The glymphatic system is the brain's recently discovered network for flushing out toxins. Now, we're uncovering surprisi…
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Nearly 200 people isolated after lab worker in Russia dies of plague
A lab accident is said to have led to the death of a woman from pneumonic plague in the Irkutsk region of Siberia, leadi…
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How big tech is building a military–industrial complex in the age of AI
Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03134-8Two books explore how warfare is being reshaped…
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Compressing bones releases molecules that ease traumatic brain injuries
Pressing down on shin bones improved cognitive and motor symptoms in mice and pigs with traumatic brain injuries…
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What disasters will El Niño bring over the next year?
From wildfires to landslides to coral bleaching, past trends suggest what extreme weather the record El Niño will bring …
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Medicine Nobel awarded for brain ‘switch’ that controls neurons with light: live updates
Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03091-2Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel…
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AI biohazard hype must not divert attention from the real risks we face now
Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03135-7Twenty-five years after the US anthrax attacks,…
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Nobel prize for medicine goes to trio who developed optogenetics
The 2026 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for the devel…
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arXiv might not survive AI slop onslaught, warn mathematicians
Mathematicians warn that pre-print service arXiv is so flooded with AI slop papers that it has become virtually unusable…
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Should we keep children away from sugar for their first 1000 days?
The list of age-related conditions we can avoid by limiting sugar is shockingly long. But does that mean we should stop …
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Location, location, location: how to edit genes only in the cells you want
Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03037-8Gene-editing CRISPR enzymes controlled by light…
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‘Learning about physics changed my life’: author Hernan Diaz on his new novel <i>Ply</i>
Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03057-4The Pulitzer Prize-winning author joins us to t…
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Fossil mammal with reptile-like teeth changes picture of our evolution
Unlike most modern mammals, which get just two sets of teeth in their lifetime, an ancient species from the Cretaceous, …
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Mathematicians and AI in behind-the-scenes battle over what’s true
AI models are solving mathematics problems with increasing pace, and a technique called formalisation is key to demonstr…
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First week of life seems critical for future allergy and eczema risk
The mainstream view is that there are no particularly crucial phases in the development of the immune system, but a stud…
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How to respond to hate speech without fuelling it further
Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03058-3Psychologist Mirta Galesic discusses an increas…
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Stunning fossil shows dinosaurs' distinctive path to flight
Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03126-8A fossil from a previously undiscovered species…
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Von Neumann’s party
Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02976-6A tricky question.…
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Brain area discovered that may be critical for viable pregnancies
A newly discovered part of the brain is essential for successful embryo implantation in mice. It may help to explain why…
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Read an extract from Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
In the opening to Emily St. John Mandel's new novel Exit Party, the October read for the New Scientist Book Club, we are…
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Will the backlash against AI data centres hit quantum computing too?
To succeed at scale, quantum computing must differentiate itself from AI, says columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan. But …
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I am a top drone pilot in the Ukrainian Army – this is what it is really like
Kratos is the call sign of one of the leading drone pilots in Ukraine. As part of the Aquila regiment, 3rd Army Corps, h…