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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...
Soon after Warner Bros. Discovery accepted Paramount’s acquisition proposal in February, then-Paramount CEO David Ellison pitched senior Warner executives on his $110 billion takeover of their...
The NFN Productions docuseries “The Watch: America’s Nuclear Mission,” which follows the men and women carrying out America’s nuclear deterrence mission, is set for a limited Imax engagement starting...
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...
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/d41586-026-03177-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/d41586-026-03130-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/d41586-026-03095-yNature reporter Davide Castelvecchi reflects on covering the fast-moving field of astronomy honoured by the Nobel physics...
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....
After a year of negotiations, false starts, and internal and external politicking, the question of who will run the combined mega-studio created by Paramount acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery has been...
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...
“It’s part of being human to fall short of that total acceptance and ultimate understanding — and often far short.” Being responsible for ourselves, knowing our own wants and meeting them, is...
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
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.
The moon in April, visible from NASA’s Orion spacecraft.
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.
Recovering the “forgotten blaze or burst of astonishment at our own existence” alive in the back of our modernity-deadened minds. There is a myth we live with, the myth of finding the meaning of...
Some National Science Foundation divisions pulled back research proposals in order to comply with White House guidance to carry over funds.
Brainy and contemplative science fiction movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Solaris, and Blade Runner (well, the latter to some extent) are nice and all, but what about science fiction that aims to...
After the expected close of their merger, Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will together be known as Skydance. CEO David Ellison revealed the new name Friday in a post on X. The $110 billion...
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope has demonstrated remarkable pointing stability and given its powerful planet-imaging coronagraph its first look at the cosmos. The telescope can already stay locked on a...
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...
Broadly speaking, there are two categories of science fiction: Soft sci-fi is mostly character-driven and focused on "soft" sciences, such as sociology and politics, with no particularly big concern...
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.
Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy’s term as chiefs of Warner Bros. is coming to an end. Multiple sources told Variety that De Luca and Abdy will not be part of David Ellison’s management team after the...
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...
Weak sunlight can still damage skin DNA if you spend enough time outdoors, according to a landmark Australian study. Even UV doses too low to cause visible redness triggered cellular damage that...
Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03058-3Psychologist Mirta Galesic discusses an increase in hateful comments online, and the science-backed way to react.
Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02769-xOne small study in Iran swayed meta-analyses in favour of antidepressant use in children, researchers say.
Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03057-4The Pulitzer Prize-winning author joins us to talk about his time visiting CERN and communicating quantum physics in fiction.
Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03133-9Take Nature’s quiz on female Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine.
Richmond Park, London, in August.
Ynon Kreiz, as David Ellison’s right-hand man at the merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery, is getting a big pay bump over his pay package as CEO of Mattel. Kreiz, 61, signed an initial five-year...
SpaceX launched a new crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station on Thursday, as questions swirl over the company’s plans for the future of its human spaceflight program. Bloomberg's...
The Trump administration’s abandonment of climate rules at the nation’s most polluting power plants is being challenged in federal court by 21 states, the District of Columbia and three major cities...
SpaceX launched a new crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station, as questions swirl over the company’s plans for the future of its human spaceflight program. Once at the ISS, the...
Scientists have identified two new species of large Australian stick insects, including one that lays extraordinary “lidded” eggs never before recorded in the group. The discovery also revealed that...
Researchers in a Latin American stablecoin ecosystem report warned “fragility in the system is concentrated in its thinnest layer,” with just 16 of 494 companies focused primarily on wholesale...
Paramount Skydance Corp.’s $41 billion of US dollar bonds to finance its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. sold off to start their first full day of trading.
Kenya needs to lower the cost of electricity, create a more stable tax environment and undertake other reforms to attract private-sector investment and create jobs, according to the World Bank.