World News Feed
Latest news from trusted sources around the world
Why the need for the WHO has never been greater
Nature, Published online: 04 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02358-yDiseases don’t stop at borders. Pandemics, climate change and conflicts demand a collective approach.
Tiny patch of Amazon probably holds 40,000 insect species — many new …
Nature, Published online: 04 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02350-6Megaproject involving hundreds of sites is cataloguing rainforest insects from the ground to the canopy.
Engineered yeast that make cancer drugs could spare a rare flower
Nature, Published online: 04 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02428-1Modified baker’s yeast can produce a precursor for a drug that is usually derived from an endangered plant and …
‘Television’? The word will never catch on!
Nature, Published online: 04 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02379-7One reader proposes an alternative to the word ‘television’, and another is enthralled by a meteor, in our weekly …
Author Correction: Casdatifan shows durable response linked to HIF-2α biology in kidney …
Nature, Published online: 04 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10958-xAuthor Correction: Casdatifan shows durable response linked to HIF-2α biology in kidney cancer
Europe can become a bioengineering powerhouse with these three changes
Nature, Published online: 04 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02389-5Sustaining the region’s strong position in the life-sciences sector will require investment and education in bioengineering.
How scientists can tackle the paradox of political polarization
Nature, Published online: 04 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02425-4How scientists can tackle the paradox of political polarization
Lab leaders should follow football’s lead and have coaching qualifications
Nature, Published online: 04 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02427-2Lab leaders should follow football’s lead and have coaching qualifications
Scientists don’t need more trust, they need public allies
Nature, Published online: 04 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02424-5Scientists don’t need more trust, they need public allies
Put health systems at the centre of European heatwave plans
Nature, Published online: 04 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02426-3Put health systems at the centre of European heatwave plans
Why winner of biggest prize in maths has decided to work on …
Jacob Tsimerman won a Fields medal last month – now he is leaving mathematics to work on AI safety
OpenAI announces solutions to 10 longstanding maths problems
Ten conundrums that stumped human mathematicians for years have been cracked by OpenAI's Astra model, continuing a hot streak of AI-driven breakthroughs that are shaking …
Will a new kind of AI that understands physical reality change the …
AI chatbots can describe reality in words, but don’t truly understand cause and effect in the real world. Now, a fresh kind of machine intelligence …
Why sitting under a parasol is barely cooler than being in the …
A beach umbrella might protect you from sunburn, but when it comes to keeping you cool, it makes surprisingly little difference
A simple supplement could help the immune system fight cancer and viruses
Low arginine levels may allow cancer cells and viruses to slip past the immune system by reducing production of a crucial cellular warning protein. In …
Ancient Arctic carbon is pouring into the sea, but the seabed captures …
Thawing Arctic permafrost is releasing ancient carbon into the ocean, raising fears that microbes could turn it into greenhouse gases and accelerate climate change. But …
Moonquakes could reveal hidden water beneath the lunar surface
Hidden moon ice may reveal itself through the way it bends and reflects vibrations from moonquakes. The technique could help astronauts locate vital water supplies …
Scientists reveal the hidden force driving the universe’s hottest fluid
When atomic nuclei smash together at nearly the speed of light, they create the hottest fluid in the universe, but scientists may have overlooked one …
Scientists may have found aging’s hidden trigger for brain disease
Scientists have identified a molecular switch that may help explain why aging makes the brain more vulnerable to diseases such as ALS and Huntington’s. In …
Two new compounds could reveal hidden drivers of Alzheimer’s disease
Vanderbilt researchers created the first selective compound designed to inhibit TAOK-1, a poorly understood protein connected to Alzheimer’s disease. They also discovered a second compound …
Are beef-liver or standard iron supplements better for boosting iron?
Beef-liver supplements are said to be more effective at raising iron levels than standard tablets, but is it true? Columnist Alice Klein looks into the …
Two deadly flowers could inspire powerful new medicines
Scientists have figured out how two famously poisonous plants create chemicals with surprising medical potential. After tracking thousands of genes in wolfsbane and larkspur, they …
Scientists twist crystal layers and reshape matter from within
Researchers have found a way to build much larger “twisted” oxide materials while precisely controlling how their atomic layers line up. Because these materials can …
Giant waves are sweeping Mars’ atmosphere into space
The solar wind may be stripping away Mars’ atmosphere by creating giant rolling waves along its outer edge. Data from MAVEN and Tianwen-1 show that …
- Al Jazeera 4094
- Ars Technica 2037
- BBC Politics 3122
- BBC World 4099
- Bloomberg 4047
- Financial Times 4085
- Medical News Today 0
- Nature News 2530
- New Scientist 1300
- Science Daily 2120
- TechCrunch 2947
- The Guardian Environment 1856
- The Verge 2577
- WHO News 129
About This Feed
News articles are automatically aggregated from trusted sources worldwide. Click "Read" to view the full article on the original website.
Updated every hour