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Flat head syndrome discovered in Iron Age skeletons
Certain sleeping positions can lead to babies developing flattened heads, and an analysis of ancient skulls from Italy reveals that this condition affected people in …
A forgotten fossil just revealed a new Triassic predator from 210 million …
A fossil overlooked for nearly 80 years has revealed a previously unknown crocodile relative that lived 210 million years ago in what is now New …
Alien signals may be hiding where we rarely listen
Astronomers may have been listening for alien civilizations in only a small slice of the radio spectrum while overlooking a largely unexplored range of higher …
Ultrafast X-rays capture chemistry unfolding atom by atom
Ultrafast X-rays revealed how a molecule converts absorbed light into motion in just trillionths of a second. Individual atoms recorded different stages of the process, …
AI reveals explosive bursts in bird evolution
Songbirds appear to have evolved through rare explosions of change separated by long periods of slower development. Many of those bursts lined up with major …
Daily briefing: ‘Raygun’ AI can shrink or supersize proteins
Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02420-9The tool can add, remove or swap protein subunits using similar steps to natural evolution. Plus, spin qubits are …
Fires in Europe are breaking records: here’s what the future holds
Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02361-3Countries such as Spain and France can expect fire regimes more like those of California as climate change favours …
Demand for lithium is surging: here’s how to make mining more sustainable
Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02195-zResearchers are looking for ways to extract the metal from underground reservoirs that use less water in the process.
Author Correction: Sleep chart of biological ageing clocks in middle and late …
Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10920-xAuthor Correction: Sleep chart of biological ageing clocks in middle and late life
Somatic mutations reveal the ontogeny of microglia in human aging
Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10939-0Somatic mutations reveal the ontogeny of microglia in human aging
How I use statistics and my law degree to fight human-rights abuses
Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02079-2Some 50 years after exposing gender discrimination in US academics’ retirement benefits, Mary Gray works as a statistician and …
Job insecurity is chipping away at me and my cohort. Is it …
Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01843-8The career market is difficult to navigate — and academic achievements feel like they’re no longer enough, says Daniella …
Daily multivitamin may help older adults stay independent
Taking a daily multivitamin may help older adults preserve the strength and stamina needed for everyday activities. After three years, users reported better functional health …
Spectacular fossil preserves internal organs of ancient marine reptile
A stunningly intact marine reptile named Austronaga minuta that lived around 245 million years ago may have looked like a miniature version of more famous …
What changes will occur on Earth as the moon moves further away?
From tides to eclipses, the slow departure of our moon will affect life on Earth, say our correspondents
Why don’t dogs look up when a low-flying plane passes overhead?
One correspondent with a particularly intelligent dog begs to differ with this question, while another looks to deepen the mystery
Are flies following a strategy when they keep hitting windows? Part 3
An Australian reader with an abundance of flies in their locality tries to answer a question that has intrigued many of our readers
This week’s new questions
If the sun suddenly disappeared, how long would life on Earth last, from humans and plants to subterranean bacteria? And why do humans so readily …
A handy guide to the science of super-long fingernails
Feedback is delighted by a deep dive into why people sometimes wear "artificially elongated fingernails". But does it do more than just scratch the surface?
Tom Gauld on the Great Wise One
Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon
Twisteddoodles on twin studies
This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles
Worry about what your children eat, but don’t forget your own diet
Measures like bans on advertising junk food to children are essential for instilling healthy eating at a young age, but we shouldn't let adults off …
Our verdict on Claire North’s space opera Slow Gods: a big thumbs-up
There was unusual consensus amongst New Scientist Book Club members about our read for July, with readers falling over themselves to praise this big-concept slice …
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 ghostly rings to the dark sides of …
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