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The key to colonizing Mars may be hidden inside asteroids
Metal-rich asteroids could one day become hardware stores for Mars, supplying the materials needed to build and repair a growing colony. A new analysis shows …
Scientists find unexpected life on Ötzi the Iceman’s 5,300-year-old body
More than 5,000 years after his death, Ötzi the Iceman is still hosting a remarkable mix of ancient and modern microorganisms. Researchers separated microbes that …
Scientists rediscover lost Megalodon fossils—and reveal a 79-foot giant
Several enormous Megalodon vertebrae thought to have been destroyed in 1989 were found sitting unnoticed on a museum shelf. Their analysis strengthens evidence that the …
Scientists discover a hidden brain shift that begins around age 50
Beginning around age 50, the brain’s memory center appears to lose many of its longtime immune cells and replace them with more inflammatory ones. This …
Universal vaccine for pneumococcal disease moves closer to reality
Nature, Published online: 07 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02462-zTargeting shared proteins could help to control bacterial subtypes that current vaccines do not protect against.
Briefing Chat: Is DNA repair the secret to a long life? Whales …
Nature, Published online: 07 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02488-3Nature staff discuss how animal studies are starting to uncover how DNA repair could prolong life, and how COVID-19 …
It’s good for the planet to scrap a new petrol car and …
Carbon savings from driving EVs are so large that it makes sense to scrap a working petrol car to make the switch
Why mathematician Terence Tao thinks AI must spark a rapid revolution
This year has left mathematicians reeling as AI models are increasingly solving seemingly intractable maths problems. Terence Tao, the world's leading mathematician, says a rethink …
DeepMind AI gives an extra day of warning ahead of deadly cyclones
An AI model from DeepMind can predict cyclones three days ahead with a level of accuracy that previous models can only hit a day later
Do leftovers taste better the next day? Sometimes, according to science
The widespread belief that some foods benefit from a night in the fridge has been put to the test, and it seems to be true …
Major study challenges long-held fears about acetaminophen and ibuprofen use in babies
A landmark study of nearly 4,000 babies found that acetaminophen and ibuprofen were equally safe during infancy. Neither medicine was linked to eczema or bronchiolitis, …
A star’s violent death exposed a hidden supermassive black hole
A supermassive black hole has been found lurking about 30,000 light-years from the center of its galaxy—the first dormant black hole detected so far from …
Cell-inspired nanoreactor turns sunlight into hydrogen peroxide
A new hollow nanoreactor mimics living cells to make hydrogen peroxide more efficiently using visible light. Its light-trapping cavity and proton-shuttling shell could open new …
World’s most-used weedkiller disrupts honeybee brains
Glyphosate was long thought to be safe for honeybees because they lack the enzyme the chemical targets in weeds. However, researchers found that exposed bees …
Nearly half of dementia cases may be linked to risks you can …
A long-term brain study found that common risks such as smoking, high blood pressure, heart disease, and high blood lipids were strongly linked to damage …
A drug already used for osteoporosis blocked spinal damage in a new …
Genetic changes may set off a chain reaction that causes the spine’s natural shock absorbers to harden and deteriorate. Zebrafish with a faulty collagen-related gene …
The 85-million-year timeline of human evolution
Combining archaeological evidence with ancient DNA and data on past climates shows us how long and winding the story of human evolution is, stretching back …
Forget the sperm race: Fertilization may depend on teamwork
Millions of sperm do not always compete alone—some species send them into action as coordinated teams. A sweeping evolutionary study found that this cooperation is …
The AMOC stayed strong even as a major ocean “lifeline” nearly shut …
Ancient seafloor sediments have revealed a surprising twist in how the Atlantic’s massive circulation system works. During a cold period about 3.4 million years ago, …
Dirty air may trigger painful rheumatoid arthritis flares
Tiny pollution particles from smoke, soot, and dust may worsen rheumatoid arthritis and raise the risk of painful flares, particularly after prolonged exposure. The findings …
THC medication made PTSD nightmares disappear for more than a third of …
A prescription form of THC helped many people with PTSD escape recurring trauma-related nightmares, with more than one-third reporting that the nightmares disappeared completely after …
Claude Fable 5 AI finds a tiny formula that topples an 87-year-old …
A mathematician working at Anthropic says he used the AI model Claude Fable 5 to uncover a remarkably simple counterexample to the Jacobian conjecture, a …
567-million-year-old fossils rewrite the dawn of animal life
A spectacular fossil site in Canada contains 567-million-year-old creatures that may represent some of the earliest animals to move, reproduce sexually, and develop recognizable body …
Scientists up in arms about cuts to UK physics and astronomy
Nature, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02460-1Funding is being terminated for projects including a future CERN experiment and the iconic Lovell Telescope.
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