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Daily briefing: A stunningly detailed map of the Universe and the month’s …
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01508-6The month’s most spectacular science images. Plus, the surprising activity in the unconscious brain.
My English skills are hurting my chances in academic publishing — how …
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01350-wA non-fluent English speaker struggles to navigate language barriers in academic publishing.
Early-career researchers do more ‘disruptive’ science than veterans
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01466-zAnalysis of papers from millions of scientists shows that older researchers tend to stick with ideas from their past.
Why AI chatbots that follow human laws are hard to build
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01405-yOpenAI is under investigation after a person accused of murder in Florida allegedly sought ChatGPT's advice to plan the …
There is no vaccine for deadly hantavirus: what that means for future …
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01494-9Virologist Jay Hooper is developing a vaccine for the rare rodent virus behind an outbreak on a cruise ship.
Author Correction: Proteasome-guided haem signalling axis contributes to T cell exhaustion
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10608-2Author Correction: Proteasome-guided haem signalling axis contributes to T cell exhaustion
This town found clean energy deep inside old coal mines
Cumberland, B.C. is reimagining its coal mining past as a clean energy opportunity. Water trapped in abandoned mine tunnels could be used in a geothermal …
NASA captures wild swirling clouds and rare arctic storm over Alaska
Southern Alaska’s winter finale delivered a spectacular atmospheric display, captured by a NASA satellite. Cold Arctic air flowing over warmer ocean waters created long bands …
Blue Origin’s new moon lander just survived extreme space testing on Earth
A bold step toward returning humans to the Moon is underway with Blue Origin’s uncrewed MK1 “Endurance” lander, designed to test the technologies that future …
NASA just tested a powerful new thruster that could send humans to …
A powerful new electromagnetic thruster has taken a major step forward after a successful high-energy test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fueled by lithium vapor …
MIT scientists discover millions of “silent synapses” in the adult brain
MIT neuroscientists have uncovered a surprising secret hidden in the adult brain: millions of “silent synapses,” dormant connections that lie in wait until new learning …
Dating over 50 is probably on the rise – but we know …
Research into dating has until now almost exclusively focused on younger people, but we’re finally beginning to investigate how romance changes in later life
New Scientist recommends Attenborough documentary Making Life on Earth
The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week
Former Soviet scientific megastructures captured in striking photos
Eric Lusito crossed the former Soviet Union to explore vast scientific sites, some of which have been deserted for years, for his new book
Bronze Age Britons fashioned copper-mining tools out of old bones
An analysis of 150 artefacts from a site in Wales shows that the ancient practice of making tools out of bone persisted even after the …
David Attenborough is one of a kind, for better or worse
People often ask who might replace the nature broadcaster, who turns 100 this week. The truth is that he’s irreplaceable, but a wide range of …
Less nostalgia, more pain: scientists study 1763 Eurovision songs
Feedback discovers that the prevailing themes of Eurovision songs may come and go, but the urge to win stays the same.
What to read this week: the excellent Beyond Belief by Helen Pearson
Solving society's problems with evidence is a work in progress, argues a must-read new book. The process is surprisingly new – and riddled with complexities, …
Red-light therapy does have health benefits but not the ones you think
Red-light therapy promises to treat everything from acne and hair loss to depression and chronic pain. Many of these claims are overhyped, but evidence suggests …
Deforestation could trigger Amazon tipping point in the 2030s
At least 15 per cent of the Amazon has already been lost, and further destruction could unleash widespread rainforest dieback with as little as 1.5°C …
Huge landslide in Alaska caused 481m-high tsunami
When the slope of a mountain above Tracy Arm fjord, in Alaska, gave way on 10 August 2025, 64 million cubic metres of rock fell …
Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass is still an essential read
This 2013 book by an Indigenous botanist is a quietly urgent act of healing that forces Western science to look at the world in a …
Read the winner of this year’s Young Science Writer Award
Prize-winning young writer Hasset Kifle, 17, explores how the world of super-competitive running is being transformed by so-called “super shoes” – and what cost this …
New AI method tackles one of science’s hardest math problems
Penn researchers have developed a smarter AI method for solving notoriously difficult inverse equations, which help scientists uncover hidden causes behind observable effects. By introducing …
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