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Ancient viral DNA helps human embryos develop
Oct 01, 202500:50 How ancient viruses drive modern human developmentResearch suggests that ancient viral-DNA embedded in the human genome is playing a key role in early embryo development. Around 8% of our genome...
Audio long read: Autism is on the rise — what’s really behind the increase?
Sep 26, 2025In April, Robert F. Kennedy Jr held a press conference about rising diagnoses of autism, and said he would soon be announcing a study to find the responsible agent. Although Kennedy said that environm...
How a dangerous tick-borne virus sneaks into the brain
Sep 24, 202500:48 New insights into tick-borne encephalitisResearchers have identified a key protein that helps tick-borne encephalitis virus enter the brain. In rare cases an infection can lead to serious neurol...
Apocalypse then: how cataclysms shaped human societies
Sep 19, 2025Science journalist Lizzie Wade’s first book, Apocalypse: A Transformative Exploration of Humanity's Resilience Through Cataclysmic Events explores some of the cataclysmic events that humans have faced...
This AI tool predicts your risk of 1,000 diseases — by looking at your medical records
Sep 17, 202500:50 The AI tool that predicts disease riskResearchers have developed an AI tool that can calculate a person’s risk of developing over 1,000 different diseases, sometimes years in advance. The system...
Detecting gravitational waves
Sep 12, 2025In 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) facilities in the US directly detected ripples in space-time, known as gravitational waves. These waves were produced by the fin...
Feeling the heat: fossil-fuel producers linked to dozens of heatwaves
Sep 10, 202500:45 Attributing extreme heat events to major energy producersMajor energy producers increased the likelihood and intensity of heatwaves, according to research published in Nature. Using data from an...
Research misconduct: how the scientific community is fighting back
Sep 08, 2025In 2016, Brian Wansink wrote a blog post that prompted scientific sleuths to investigate his work. They found evidence of data manipulation, and, after several news articles and two investigations by ...
Nature goes inside the world’s largest ‘mosquito factory’ — here’s the buzz
Sep 05, 2025Raising mosquitoes to tackle disease might sound like an odd concept, but that’s what a facility in Brazil is aiming to do. Millions of mosquitoes are produced there every week, but these insects carr...
Two ants, two species, one mother
Sep 03, 202500:45 The ant queen that can produce two different speciesResearchers have made an unusual observation that appears at odds with biology: an ant, known as the Iberian Harvester Ant can produce offspri...