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Reading for pleasure boosts memory, empathy and mental health
Fewer people are reading for pleasure, but getting lost in a good book has repeatedly been linked to substantial cognitive benefits
Brain implant lets people with paralysis speak and gesture at the same …
Previous brain implants have enabled people with paralysis to either speak or move, but a new, larger one let them do both simultaneously via an …
Jet-powered drones pose a new threat to Ukraine – can they be …
Ukraine is racing to design faster, more capable interceptor drones to tackle Russia's new generation of jet-powered Shahed attack drones
We’ve long thought that time has only one dimension. What if we’re …
A second dimension of time has long seemed wholly incompatible with reality. But fresh insights involving black holes and quantum mechanics suggest it deserves another …
Cancer is rising in younger adults. Faster biological aging may help explain …
Cancer rates are rising in adults under 55, and new research suggests accelerated biological aging may be one piece of the puzzle. Scientists found that …
Scientists call for ‘emergency’ measures to save sea life from El Niño
Reducing fishing quotas, rescuing endangered species from the water and testing geoengineering could help soften ocean heat impacts from the record El Niño, some oceanographers …
Hidden brain wiring may help keep the mind sharp as gray matter …
Scientists have discovered that the brain’s short-range wiring may help protect cognition even as gray matter shrinks with age. Healthier connections just beneath the brain’s …
Why is everyone suddenly worried about the risks of AI?
AI experts put the chance of models rising up and killing us all at greater than 10 per cent – but are the risks real? …
Chemistry textbooks have been getting this wrong for nearly 100 years
A foundational chemistry concept found in textbooks for almost 100 years may have been taught incorrectly. Researchers say the inductive effect in neutral molecules appears …
Scientists find a hidden cause of high blood pressure that routine tests …
A wearable device has revealed nighttime hormone surges that may expose a frequently missed cause of high blood pressure. The discovery could help explain why …
Crocodiles are famous for finding their way home. These ones didn’t
Captive-raised saltwater crocodiles released into Bangladesh’s Sundarbans surprised scientists by settling into the wild rather than trying to return to their breeding facility. The result …
This German submarine sank in 1917. It’s still leaking TNT
A World War I submarine wreck off Denmark is leaking TNT into the surrounding water, seabed, and marine life more than a century after it …
Two bizarre new forms of ice discovered that could exist deep inside …
Crushing water to pressures in the millions of atmospheres has revealed two strange types of ice, which may form deep inside Neptune and Uranus
Scientists discover strange link between low vitamin D and pain
Low vitamin D levels may make recovery from breast cancer surgery more painful, according to a study of 184 women undergoing mastectomy. Patients with vitamin …
The cosmic coincidences that made our universe – and us – possible
The sun and moon are positioned just right for us to see total solar eclipses, and the make-up of the universe is just right for …
Scientists find how “zombie” cells fuel inflammation as we age
Scientists discovered that aging cells can use malfunctioning mitochondria to unlock inflammatory genes and keep the immune system stuck in a prolonged state of alert. …
One Mount Etna eruption took weeks. Another happened in hours
Mount Etna’s ancient eruptions followed radically different paths, with some magma lingering near the surface for weeks while other magma raced upward from nearly 30 …
Back-to-back Arctic storms can double sea ice loss
Scientists have found that Arctic cyclones become especially destructive when several strike one after another. These storm clusters cause about twice as much sea ice …
Popular sweetener byproduct damages DNA in human cells
Sucralose, the artificial sweetener used in Splenda, came under scrutiny after a study found that a related chemical damaged DNA and weakened the gut barrier …
Daily briefing: How this year’s super El Niño is different
Nature, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02915-5Climate change makes the event difficult to predict. Plus, signs of success from an early trial of an osteoporosis …
Drug firms’ secret data supercharge AI protein models
Nature, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02882-xAn AI system trained on more than 20,000 protein structures from pharmaceutical companies outperforms AlphaFold-like models that use only …
‘Multifunctional’ brain implant translates speech and gestures in real time
Nature, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02895-6A neural device uses artificial intelligence to read brain activity for intended words and gestures simultaneously.
Science philanthropy is rising in Brazil ― upending a long tradition
Nature, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02829-2Philanthropists are stepping up support for research in a country where scientists have relied on the government alone for …
Encoded and non-genetic protein variants expand human functional proteome
Nature, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11124-zEncoded and non-genetic protein variants expand human functional proteome
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