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A study comparing 100 primate species, including humans, suggests that everyday aggression and lethal violence did not evolve as part of the same simple behavioral spectrum. Species that frequently...
New research suggests animals could have evolved as early as 800 to 700 million years ago, roughly 200 million years earlier than some previous estimates. If so, the first animals may have lived...
A combined service could lead to higher prices.
Francis Halzen of University of Wisconsin-Madison led development of IceCube Neutrino Observatory.
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Physicists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have captured the clearest evidence yet that quark-gluon plasma, the scorching-hot matter that filled the newborn universe, behaves like a true liquid. By...
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US funding cuts caused sharp and lasting declines in HIV prevention, testing and treatment services at organizations serving some of the people most vulnerable to the virus in Uganda and Zimbabwe,...
Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03174-0The Great Barrier Reef requires special attention in the developing super El Niño
Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03177-xPreprints must not leak sensitive research information
Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03136-6Scientists are using cell-free transcription and translation systems to synthesize proteins, design biology-based sensors and...
Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03092-1Francis Halzen wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on a pioneering high-energy neutrino observatory at the South...
Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02966-8Repetitive sequences make extrachromosomal DNA vulnerable to breaks, which could be exploited for therapy — but might also...
Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03150-8Cases in the Northern Hemisphere are cropping up weeks early, and they are dominated by a virus with a concerning mutation.
Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03130-yTwo reports highlight the changes needed in academia to facilitate the fast, collaborative, responsive and inclusive research...
Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11244-6Author Correction: Anodic Pd membrane H2 extraction enhances thermochemical dehydrogenation
Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03095-yNature reporter Davide Castelvecchi reflects on covering the fast-moving field of astronomy honoured by the Nobel physics...
Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03160-6‘Rivers in the sky’ helped to keep an expanse of water roughly as big as Portugal ice-free.
Babylist CEO Jennifer Hyman discusses the company’s new 20,000-square-foot showroom in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood, which opened at the end of September and is its largest retail location yet....
Unconfirmed reports have suggested there was a laboratory accident.
October skywatchers can see Saturn at opposition, catch meteors from Halley’s Comet during the Orionid peak, and watch the Moon sweep past the famous Pleiades star cluster. Moonlight may obscure some...
Scientists have discovered evidence of altermagnetism in a thin, highly tunable material that could help electronics use electron spin instead of relying only on electrical charge. The unusual...
Cancer immunotherapy can lose its punch when tumor-fighting T cells become exhausted, but researchers may have found a way to keep them going longer. Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer...
The justices will begin their new term with a landmark case about whether local governments can sue oil companies over damages caused by climate change.
NASA has selected the GIMLI project to investigate whether the Marius Hill Pit opens into a vast underground cave or lava tube. Using radar, seismic sensors, gravity measurements, and cameras,...
Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03094-zNature’s senior biology reporter Ewen Callaway reflects on today’s prize for optogenetics — which scientists have anticipated...
Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03185-xThree pioneers of optogenetics have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Plus, the funniest nature photography...
The brown Fiendyblobbu that is circulating around us is not too good, it's suggested that you do stay away from that, of course it's your own trip so be my guest
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A new light-activated material can efficiently produce hydrogen from water without requiring an additional expensive metal catalyst. Researchers say its unusual sulfur-based chemistry could point...
Boulder, Colo., is hoping its novel lawsuit will be the environmental equivalent of the landmark litigation that produced billions in damages and settlements against Big Tobacco and opioid makers.
Six awards will be announced this week in science, literature, economics and peace work.
"...we were making history."
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ESA’s Juice spacecraft raced past Earth on September 28, using our planet’s gravity to dramatically reshape its path toward Jupiter without burning much fuel. The flyby changed its direction by 20...
Researchers have demonstrated that quantum fluctuations in supposedly empty space can strengthen superconductivity, raising the transition temperature of an ultrathin material by as much as 5.4%. The...
A new study has identified two species of Brazilian birds, the bare-throated bellbird and the red-legged seriema, as the loudest in nature.
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“Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem — in my opinion — to characterize our age.”
The discovery adds strong evidence that the outbreak that sickened thousands over the summer originated in the company’s fields or processing facility in northeastern Mexico.
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
Also: Spooky action at the LHC, Ice Age psychoactive use, yeast for building homes on Mars, and more.
The roughly $110 billion deal is expected to close October 6.
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has announced that the company will just be called Skydance when it completes its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery next week. In a post on X,...
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Nearly 6 in 10 people with high blood pressure in a large England study had never been diagnosed or treated, and half of those already taking medication still had elevated readings. Researchers say a...
JWST has revealed that galaxies were spreading carbon, oxygen, and other heavy elements through space just 500 million years after the Big Bang. The surprising discovery suggests the young universe...
Novartis AG will license a messenger RNA-based autoimmune therapy from China’s Abogen Biosciences, in a deal worth as much as $7.8 billion.
Researchers say stress on Southern California’s San Andreas and San Jacinto faults has reached some of the highest levels seen in a 1,000-year simulation. Because both faults are highly stressed at...