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This cheap drug could help people with type 1 diabetes use less …
A surprising new clinical trial has revealed that metformin—a cheap, century-old drug widely used for type 2 diabetes—may help people with type 1 diabetes in …
Scientists thought this was a young T. rex. They were wrong
A long-running dinosaur mystery may finally be solved: Nanotyrannus, once dismissed as just a teenage T. rex, appears to have been its own distinct species …
Daily briefing: AI systems can ‘teach’ biases to other models
Nature, Published online: 16 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01265-6Data generated by AI ‘teachers’ can subliminally pass on particular traits to ‘student’ models. Plus, sperm-whale communication is structured …
Revealed: how male and female brain cells differ in gene activity
Nature, Published online: 16 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01227-yVariations in gene expression could help to explain why brain-disease risks differ according to sex.
‘Science needs defending’: record number of researchers run for office in US …
Nature, Published online: 16 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01134-2Many Democrats making the switch to politics are motivated by the Trump administration’s cuts to science — whereas energy …
Quantum computers take on health care: light-sensitive cancer drugs win US$2-million contest
Nature, Published online: 16 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01236-xQuantum machines are making inroads into biology but have no ‘advantage’ over classical machines yet.
The nine-to-five PhD: mere myth or an achievable goal?
Nature, Published online: 16 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00509-9Can you squeeze your graduate programme into a 40-hour working week? These 13 current and former PhD candidates reveal …
Ageing could prime women for autoimmune disorders
Nature, Published online: 16 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01213-4Study of gene expression also finds age-related increases in men’s vulnerability to certain cancers.
Graves reveal plague’s inequitable toll
Nature, Published online: 16 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01210-7Most of the individuals in a seventeenth-century-Switzerland burial site had performed strenuous manual labour and died before the age …
Venus’s impenetrable haze could be made of cosmic dust
Nature, Published online: 16 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01212-5Modelling suggests that the layer beneath the planet’s acidic clouds is comprised of particles from outer space.
People are refusing transfusions from donors vaccinated against covid
Patients are requesting that blood transfusions come from people who they know have not been vaccinated against covid-19, which can cause dangerous delays
Requests for blood from unvaccinated donors is harming patients
Patients are requesting that blood transfusions come from people who they know have not been vaccinated against covid-19, which can cause dangerous delays
Monkeys walk around a virtual world using only their thoughts
Monkeys with around 300 electrodes implanted in their brain were able to steer avatars around different virtual environments
What to read this week: Emma Chapman's mind-expanding Radio Universe
An imaginative and compelling book reveals how radio waves help us tune in to our universe – and even search for alien civilisations, says Karmela …
New Scientist recommends Jamie Bartlett's insightful How to Talk to AI
The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week
Why cloning anyone – even Jim Carrey – isn't the best plan …
Feedback discovers that a conspiracy theory has formed that various celebrities have been replaced by clones, and sees just a few small problems with the …
Werner Herzog searches for ghost elephants in stunning new documentary
A film about the quest for “ghost elephants” is as much about not knowing and asking the right questions as about exploration, finds Davide Abbatescianni
Startling images show how fake news isn't just a 21st century issue
From huge geese to flying cars, these photographs from a new exhibition at the Rijksmuseum reveal how we have been manipulating images for over a …
The biggest threat to Chernobyl is no longer radiation
Forty years after the world’s biggest nuclear disaster, the safety of Chernobyl hangs in the balance – though not because of the radiation risk
Largest ever map of universe captures 47 million galaxies and quasars
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has finished the most detailed survey of the universe to date, and the resulting map will help researchers understand …
Neanderthal infants were enormous compared with modern humans
A detailed analysis of the best-preserved Neanderthal infant skeleton ever found suggests that our ancient relatives grew much faster as young children
A crushed fossil revealed a dinosaur that shouldn’t have existed
A badly mangled dinosaur skull, once forgotten in a drawer, turned out to be a rare and important discovery. Reconstructed by a Virginia Tech student, …
This 31-foot “terror croc” ate dinosaurs. Now it’s back
A massive, bus-sized “terror croc” that once preyed on dinosaurs has been brought back to life in stunning detail with the first scientifically accurate full …
The surprising reason you’re so productive one day and not the next
Feeling mentally “on” isn’t just in your head—it can significantly boost what you accomplish. Researchers found that sharper thinking on a given day leads people …
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