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Jupiter’s deepest mysteries were hidden in shadow. Now we can see them
NASA researcher Heidi Becker has photographed sublime sights around Jupiter that have never been seen before, from its g…
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Pill that lowers oxygen levels in brain may ease Parkinson’s symptoms
A pill that induces hypoxia in the brain has been linked to improved symptoms of three neurodegenerative conditions when…
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Author Correction: A ductile solid electrolyte interphase for solid-state batteries
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10945-2Author Correction: A ductile solid electrolyte int…
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Extraordinary ichthyosaur fossil shows its last meal was a pterosaur
The remains of an orca-sized ichthyosaur include evidence of what it ate – before it too got eaten by an even bigger mar…
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Papers with open peer-review reports are less likely to be retracted
Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02282-1Researchers say that transparent publishing practi…
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Editorial Expression of Concern: Carcinoma-produced factors activate myeloid cells through TLR2 to stimulate metastasis
Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10923-8Editorial Expression of Concern: Carcinoma-produce…
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Entangled dual-site migration via boracycle rearrangement
Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10931-8Entangled dual-site migration via boracycle rearra…
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Jaguar makes epic 2100-kilometre journey across the Amazon
A jaguar that has been dubbed Gaspar traversed 2100 kilometres of the Amazon, crossing farms and roads. But why he set o…
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An island has been waging a war on rats. They think they’ve finally won
Rats are a scourge on island wildlife all over the world. But an island off the coast of Ireland is showing how to succe…
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Matcha is under threat from climate change – can genomics save it?
Climate change is affecting the yields and flavour of the traditional Japanese tea matcha, but studying its seedlings' g…
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Asteroid strike caused global firestorm that incinerated the dinosaurs
After the Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago, trillions of tonnes of rock vapour was launched into space before falli…
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Unprecedented ‘fire clouds’ are fanning the flames in France
Flame-generated thunderstorms known as pyrocumulonimbus clouds can make wildfires even more intense, and they are expect…
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Values in science go beyond politics
Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02346-2Values in science go beyond politics…
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Deserts face unprecedented flash flooding
Nature, Published online: 28 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02349-zDeserts face unprecedented flash flooding…
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An entirely new kind of drug will help us treat the untreatable
The first of a new generation of drugs that works in a completely different way to existing ones has been approved. Colu…
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Peptides are the latest wellness trend – but do they work?
A drug advisory committee in the US has recommended approval for several experimental peptides. But there have been no l…
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Mystery hominin left big footprints at ancient lake in Africa
Over 1.4 million years ago, a group of eight ancient hominins walked across a shallow mudflat, but their footprints don’…
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Getting a bit more gas from the North Sea doesn’t matter climate-wise
Climate campaigners are angry at reports that the UK government is set to allow oil and gas drilling projects to go ahea…
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We’ve found the best example yet of an enormous wandering black hole
Astronomers have caught a supermassive black hole straying far from the centre of its galaxy using light from a star bei…
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Your body changes as you age and so should your diet – here’s how
As you get older, your body’s response to food changes significantly. But by making the right changes to what you eat fr…
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Pyridoxal photoenzymes for asymmetric radical–radical cross-couplings
Nature, Published online: 27 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10930-9Pyridoxal photoenzymes for asymmetric radical–radi…
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Phase-homogeneous mixed halide perovskites for stable tandem photovoltaics
Nature, Published online: 27 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10929-2Phase-homogeneous mixed halide perovskites for sta…
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New Scientist recommends a vital look at the science of fatherhood
Dads are often overlooked when it comes to parenting science. Darby Saxbe's fascinating new book Dad Brain is out to cha…
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Author Correction: Authigenic mineral phases as a driver of the upper-ocean iron cycle
Nature, Published online: 10 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10853-5Author Correction: Authigenic mineral phases as a …