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How the US mid-term elections could shake up science

A Democratic victory in Congress could halt the Trump administration’s controversial grant-review plan and curb some of its funding actions.

news | 29 Oct 2026
- The brain liquidates billions of mutant neurons around the time we’re born
  
  Faulty neurons can contribute to various neurological conditions, but researchers have uncovered a system that might clean them up.
  
  news | 28 Oct 2026
- Could a giant sunshade in space ‘solve global warming’? Scientists are taking the idea seriously
  
  Some say the concept is complete fantasy, but a detailed analysis suggests that the falling cost of rocket launches might make it feasible in a few decades.
  
  news | 28 Oct 2026
- Dengue comes back even in vaccinated people — new clues
  
  Researchers help to answer a question dogging the development of improved vaccines against the mosquito-borne disease.
  
  news | 28 Oct 2026
- Is research funding now a lottery? Elite funder ERC swamped by applications
  
  news | 28 Oct 2026
- How the pandemic changed trust in science — in four charts
  
  news | 28 Oct 2026
- Revered NASA spacecraft is about to perish in flames — astronomers are mourning
  
  news | 27 Oct 2026
- These three red flags could unmask dodgy journals
  
  news | 28 Oct 2026
- Can maths survive AI? Fields medallist Terence Tao calls for a ‘Maths 2.0’ world
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  world view | 22 Oct 2026

News

- This Arabian desert was once a lush paradise. Why did ancient humans avoid it?
  
  Expedition revealed that water wasn’t enough for human settlement — plus, proposals to block sunlight get serious.
  
  nature podcast | 28 Oct 2026
- The grand plan to transform psychiatry — by personalizing mental-health care
  
  Could a blood sample, a brain scan and a look at your phone data transform how your psychiatrist treats you?
  
  news feature | 28 Oct 2026
- Why pharma firms are betting billions on psychedelic drugs despite setbacks
  
  Regulatory pushback stalled the field. But researchers are optimistic about mind-altering drugs as potential treatments for depression and mood disorders.
  
  news feature | 27 Oct 2026
- Briefing Chat: How physicists successfully trapped the electron's antimatter equivalent
  
  Nature staff discuss how precisely measuring a positron could shed light on one of physics’ greatest mysteries — plus, the latest on an ambitious mission to a Martian moon.
  
  nature podcast | 23 Oct 2026
- Preprint-centric publishing model gets major boost
  
  NEWS | 28 OCT 2026
- Gene therapy that led to boy’s death had limited efficacy
  
  NEWS | 27 OCT 2026
- Mysterious flickering brain signals could help to unlock secrets of consciousness
  
  NEWS | 27 OCT 2026
- Can science make your dog live longer? Longevity craze comes to pets
  
  NEWS | 26 OCT 2026

Opinion

- How personalization and psychedelics are revitalizing psychiatry
  
  Fresh ideas are welcome in a discipline in which progress is rare — provided they are applied rigorously.
  
  editorial
- - Global climate body fights for survival: why the IPCC must be saved
    
    The UN organization faces perhaps the most serious crisis in its nearly 40-year history — but it is too precious to lose.
    
    editorial
  - Could measuring immune health reshape medical care?
    
    Finding practical ways to analyse the state of a person’s immune system could guide treatment decisions and create opportunities for disease prevention.
    
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  - Robert Williamson obituary: geneticist who mapped genes for muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis
    
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  - How a new wave of science philanthropists can have the greatest impact
    
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- Genetic variants that alter gene regulation in specific cell types are closely tied to disease
  
  Single-cell profiling of nearly 2,000 people brings scientists closer to understanding the link between genetic variation, gene expression and health.
  
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- Meta-study sparks questions about what it means to be good at regulating emotions
  
  A first-of-its kind consortium reveals a lack of correlation between behavioural and neural measures of a person’s emotional regulation.
  
  news and views
- Lactate takes a shortcut into mitochondria to power the heart
  
  A cellular fuel called lactate is channelled directly into energy-generating organelles in heart muscle, defying the prevailing view about lactate transport.
  
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- Tethered to stone: how rock and water availability shaped early desert occupation
  
  Fresh water in deserts often points to sites with signs of early humans and stone tools. But, in Arabia’s Rub’ al Khali region, water alone does not predict occupation.
  
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- Accounting of Africa’s water reveals a management gap
  
  news and views
- Molecular underpinnings of rheumatic diseases and emerging therapeutic concepts
- Clues about complex life come from freshly cultivated archaea
  
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- An unexpected function of a cell-cycle enzyme might explain the toxic effects of its inhibitors
  
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Careers

- What students think about my teaching doesn’t matter. Am I wrong?
  
  A jury weighs in on whether teaching assessments are popularity contests or an important tool.
  
  career feature
- - How to keep tabs on the tools in your lab
    
    Misplaced or borrowed laboratory equipment can bring experiments to a halt. Scientists explain how they stop essential kit from going missing.
    
    career feature
  - Mentoring a lab colleague? Share your ‘CV of failures’ with them
    
    Melanie Stefan became a ‘poster child of failure’ after writing an article about it. Now she urges senior colleagues to be more open about career setbacks.
    
    nature careers podcast
  - The shifting sands of research independence: why mid-career scientists crave security
    
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  - Are salaries getting worse? Many scientists think so
    
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Books & culture

- Can scientists reliably tell if a novel is written using AI?
  
  Computer scientist Tuhin Chakrabarty talks about detecting AI-generated prose — and why it matters.
  
  book review
- - Women might have invented language — but not alone
    
    An eloquent analysis of the origins of human speech suggests that social cohesion, not conflict, drove our use of words.
    
    book review
  - How pregnancy reshapes the brain throughout life
    
    Neuroscience is mapping changes in the brain during pregnancy. What they mean for future health is yet to be pinned down.
    
    book review
  - Where have all the saucers flown?
    
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  - The Selfish Gene, 50 years on — it’s time for an update
    
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