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China boosts prestigious grants for young scientists — will it ease competition?
Early-career scientists in China face intense competition for entry-level jobs. Credit: Xinhua/Shutterstock China’s main research funding agency will increase its…
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Early television set impresses Nature editors — but will it catch on?
Job title: Associate or Senior Editor (life sciences), Research Cross-Journal Editorial Team, Nature Portfolio Locations: Beijing, Shanghai, Madr… Beijing, Shanghai,…
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they say a lot about the psychology of performance under pressure
Sierra Leone’s John Thomas ‘Jay Tee’ Kamara scores during a penalty shoot-out against Azerbaijan in March 2026.Credit: Aziz Karimov/FIFA via…
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Genomic insights into the population dynamics and demise of Neanderthals
Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01704-4 A surge of genetic data from the skeletal remains of Neanderthals disproves some…
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Stem cells banish severe autoimmune disease for 15 years
Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library A man and a woman with a rare and devastating autoimmune disease have been in…
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Cell transplant across the tree of life hints at how animals emerged
Researchers transplanted cells between embryos of a comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi, right) and a starlet sea anemone (Nematostella vectensis, left).Credit:…
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In the field — and sometimes in the lab — the simplest tool is best
A basic toolkit can be useful for coming up with creative solutions to technological hurdles.Credit: skodonnell/Getty For David Thomas, a…
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Humans outperform AI at this highly rigorous mathematics test
The top-performing artificial-intelligence model scored 6 out of 10 in the First Proof set of mathematical challenges.Credit: vitacopS/Getty Artificial intelligence…
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Scientists have a bad case of AI FOMO, Nature poll reveals
Many researchers use AI tools for research, despite feeling that AI use is having a negative effect on science.Credit: Oscar…
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See a helicopter destined for Mars and a spectacular flowery frame for the Milky Way — May’s best science images
Spot the differences. To celebrate its 36th birthday, the Hubble Space Telescope revisited a region of the Trifid Nebula, a ‘stellar…
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