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Animal-microbe partnerships date back to the dawn of complex life
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02629-8Geochemical clues hint that worm-like creatures in the Ediacaran period benefited from symbiosis with bacteria.
A solution to the mystery of the missing neutrinos
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02628-9Lecture preparations prompt a scientist to poke holes in the ‘gallium anomaly’.
NASA just used satellites and debris to navigate without GPS
NASA has successfully tested a system that allows satellites to navigate without GPS by using other spacecraft and debris as landmarks in orbit. In just …
Richard Feynman’s 80-year-old quantum postulate has now been validated
Decades after it was posited as a foundational principle of quantum physics, Richard Feynman’s “path integral” has been directly measured in an experiment for the …
The quest to save the bananas we love so much makes scary …
Without serious technical efforts, banana crops faces collapse worldwide. James Woodford enjoys a passionate plea from leading researcher James Dale in his new book, The …
Why do we feel emotional about fictional characters?
Readers provide different perspectives to tackle the question of why humans so readily adopt fiction into our lives
Why don’t we sneeze when we are asleep?
Our readers don’t agree with this statement, and even broaden out their evidence base to their furry companions
Are there plants that could survive as a food source on the …
Fresh answers are questioning the broader applicability of the Wardian case – and note the importance of where on the moon the plants are grown
This week’s new questions
Is there such a thing as an olfactory illusion, and what forces make a particle of fluid start spiralling down a pipe instead of flowing …
Can ‘quantum musical agents’ really make a melody better?
Feedback wonders if a bum note is being struck in a new paper exploring "quantum teleportation in multi-agent systems for interactive music”
Tom Gauld on picking the right staff
Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon
Twisteddoodles on a brand-new type of robot
This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles
The healthcare industry isn’t built for coming off medication
Starting a new medication is relatively easy once you have a prescription from your doctor, but stopping is much harder, because from research to revenue, …
5 graphs that show how the record-breaking El Niño will affect the …
A stronger El Niño means more extreme weather, including droughts and wildfires in some places and flooding and tropical storms in others
Are mushroom-growing kits seeding a biodiversity crisis across Europe?
What began as a seemingly harmless and delicious hobby may have released an invasive species across the continent. Experts fear that these desirable fungi, now …
Doctors are finally learning to manage antidepressant withdrawal
Withdrawal symptoms following long-term SSRI use appear far more pervasive and serious than previously realised. Now medical bodies are rethinking how and when to stop …
Nanoparticles ease Alzheimer’s by making neurons from other cells
A drug made up of a cage of nanoparticles and antibodies created neurons from another type of brain cell, which relieved symptoms of Alzheimer's disease …
A glacier collapse is most likely cause of the Nepal disaster
Melting snow appears to have weakened a steep glacier at an altitude of 5 kilometres, causing it to plummet around a kilometre into the river …
Scientists may have found a shortcut to calorie restriction’s anti-aging benefits
Moderate calorie restriction lowered an immune protein called C3 that appears to help drive chronic inflammation as the body ages. Blocking the same protein reduced …
190-year-old DNA reveals a hidden pangolin species
DNA from a nearly 190-year-old museum specimen has helped scientists confirm a distinct Himalayan pangolin species hiding in plain sight in Nepal and northern India. …
Manhattan-sized ice island breaks off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier
A Manhattan-sized ice island has broken away from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier after years of growing fractures weakened its floating ice tongue. Scientists expect two more …
What you eat before age 2 may affect your health 70 years …
Britain’s postwar sugar rationing created a rare natural experiment that let researchers examine how early sugar exposure might affect health decades later. People who experienced …
Turmeric compound may protect blood vessels from diabetes damage
A compound found in turmeric may help protect blood vessels from some of the damage caused by Type 1 diabetes. In rats, curcumin reduced inflammation, …
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is ready to hunt thousands of alien worlds
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is now enclosed inside its Falcon Heavy fairing and nearly ready for launch. Its mission could uncover thousands of exoplanets while …
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