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Bronze Age mines discovered in Spain may explain Scandinavian metal mystery
Archaeologists have uncovered six previously unknown Bronze Age mines in southwestern Spain, offering a striking new clue about where the metal in ancient Scandinavian artifacts …
The chips in your phone are probably broken – and that's a …
Reports suggest that Apple is using defective chips originally destined for high-end devices to create its latest affordable laptop. Reusing partially broken chips is common …
Scorpions reinforce their claws and stingers with metals
Many scorpion species use blends of iron, zinc and manganese to enhance the toughness of their deadly weaponry
Scientists just found a chilling way life may have begun
New experiments suggest that freezing and thawing on early Earth may have helped primitive cell-like structures grow and evolve. Tiny lipid bubbles behaved very differently …
Extreme weather in 2025 drove record wildfire emissions in Europe
Europe, the fastest-warming continent, saw unprecedented wildfires and heatwaves in 2025, including a three-week hot spell that hit 30°C inside the Arctic circle
50-foot ancient snake discovered in India may be one of the largest …
A massive prehistoric snake discovered in India may rank among the largest ever to slither across Earth. Named Vasuki indicus, this ancient giant lived around …
A one-in-a-million supernova seen five times could reveal the Universe’s true speed
A spectacular cosmic event nicknamed “SN Winny” could help solve one of astronomy’s biggest mysteries: how fast the universe is expanding. This rare superluminous supernova, …
Scientists just found the Milky Way’s edge and it’s closer than expected
Scientists have uncovered the true boundary of the Milky Way’s star-forming region using stellar “age mapping.” They found a telltale U-shaped pattern showing that star …
A forgotten drug is giving new hope to kids with a rare …
A decades-old drug once used to treat sleeping sickness is now showing surprising promise against an ultra-rare and life-threatening genetic disorder called Bachmann-Bupp syndrome (BABS). …
MIT study finds children more vulnerable to cancer-causing chemical in water
A troubling new study from MIT reveals that a common environmental contaminant, NDMA—found in polluted water, certain medications, and even processed foods—may pose a far …
Roman Empire’s collapse created a genetic melting pot in Europe
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01395-xGenome evidence points to a slow blending of peoples — not a violent tide of invaders — that laid …
Synthetic blood clots snap cells together to staunch bleeding — fast
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01397-9‘Click clotting’ technology seals serious wounds in rats in seconds.
Machine learning improves health-care access in Sierra Leone
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01152-0A machine-learning tool that allocates scarce medicines to meet demand and reduce waste is providing millions with better health …
Do octopus brains work like humans’ — or is there another way …
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01302-4Just like vertebrates, cephalopods — such as octopuses and squid — have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to them …
Algorithm that gets ‘under the hood’ of AI models could effectively steer …
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01267-4A method for identifying representations of concepts in neural networks could provide a more-effective way to control and monitor …
A cell atlas charts the immune architecture of diabetic kidney disease
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01177-5Single-cell gene-expression profiling and spatial mapping have revealed the immune microenvironments comprising aggregated immune cells called B cells in …
In the flesh
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01073-yCyberspace can’t fulfil every need.
Friendlier LLMs tell users what they want to hear — even when …
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01153-zA large language model that is trained to respond in a warm manner is more likely to give incorrect …
Daily briefing: Octopuses’ strange brains might teach us what intelligence really is
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01431-wCephalopods are very smart, but have brains that evolved very differently than vertebrates. Plus, detailed maps of olfactory receptors …
Delivering an immune therapy into tumours instead of intravenously reduces adverse effects
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01193-5In people with advanced skin cancer, injecting low doses of an anticancer immunotherapy directly into tumours, rather than administering …
Higher racial diversity in US business and law schools is linked to …
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01273-6Two comprehensive data sets concerning students who graduated from 141 business schools over 29 years and 200 law schools …
Cephalopods deserve higher welfare standards in research
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01320-2These highly sentient creatures have weak protections for their well-being. That must change.
Competition between separated parental genomes in fertilized eggs aids development
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01270-9In fertilized egg cells, the maternal and paternal genomes are enclosed in separate compartments called pronuclei. Experiments in mice …
Why you should ‘feed a cold’: eating primes immune cells for action
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01362-6Infection-fighting T cells from people who have eaten recently can proliferate more quickly in response to threats.
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