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Evolutionary 'game-changer': weird armoured amphibian lived in ancient seas

The creature’s armour cladding probably enabled it to tolerate the salty seas of the Late Triassic.

news | 26 Oct 2026
- Elizabeth Holmes film enthralls — but her legacy haunts science
  
  Diagnostic start-ups inch towards the goal of Holmes’s failed company, Theranos, to run a multitude of tests on drops of blood.
  
  news | 23 Oct 2026
- Moderna mRNA vaccine almost halves the risk of skin cancer returning
  
  Long-awaited results from phase III trial show huge benefits for treatment-resistant melanoma.
  
  news | 23 Oct 2026
- First human infected with rare livestock pathogen: what we know about Shamonda virus
  
  Infectious-disease researchers say the risk of the virus moving between people is low.
  
  news | 23 Oct 2026
- A first for CRISPR: powerful prime editing alters DNA directly in the human body
  
  news | 22 Oct 2026
- Teen depression and anxiety predicted by childhood brain development
  
  news | 21 Oct 2026
- Huge mapping study reveals how your brain tracks what your body is feeling
  
  news | 21 Oct 2026
- This is what the mysterious Denisovans looked like
  
  news | 21 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

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- 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
- Can a 'lullaby' save coral reefs from extinction?
  
  From underwater speakers to growing super-corals, scientists battle to save reefs around the world.
  
  nature video | 22 Oct 2026
- Scientists put a salt marsh in a giant wave-machine: here's what they learned
  
  Experiment shows how these ecosystems could protect coastlines from huge storms — plus, new evidence hints at what Denisovans might have looked like.
  
  nature podcast | 21 Oct 2026
- How tech billionaires are disrupting biomedical science
  
  Money from the world’s increasingly prosperous technology entrepreneurs has been flooding into biomedical research. Is it changing how science is done?
  
  news feature | 21 Oct 2026
- Global emissions slow — but world hurtles towards 2 °C of warming
  
  NEWS | 21 OCT 2026
- A single antimatter particle in a cage opens door to ‘revolutionary’ physics
  
  NEWS | 21 OCT 2026
- Will this sleep-disorder drug be the next big blockbuster?
  
  NEWS FEATURE | 20 OCT 2026
- Can a human survive in a whale’s belly? The science behind the thriller Whalefall
  
  NEWS Q&A | 20 OCT 2026

Opinion

- The Selfish Gene, 50 years on — it’s time for an update
  
  A focus on the gene alone has become outdated. Books that capture the complexity of life deserve centre stage.
  
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- - Robert Williamson obituary: geneticist who mapped genes for muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis
    
    Researcher and policy adviser who championed tests and treatments for genetic diseases.
    
    obituary
  - How a new wave of science philanthropists can have the greatest impact
    
    Tech entrepreneurs are bringing an engineer’s eye to research funding. They must be open about their findings to reap maximum benefit.
    
    editorial
  - Nature’s job-satisfaction survey highlights the changing geography of science
    
    editorial
  - Nepal’s disaster is an urgent wake-up call
    
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Research Analysis

- Sleep declines in rural communities after electricity arrives
  
  Scientists tracked the changing sleep patterns of Indigenous people in Argentina who gained access to mains electricity — and smart phones.
  
  research highlight
- Fabric user interface can be worn on your sleeve — and machine-washed
  
  Touch-sensitive, light-emitting yarn can turn everyday clothing into washable, bendable user interfaces with dynamic graphics and versatile computing functions.
  
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- Large-scale single crystals printed layer by layer
  
  A 3D-printing method has made single crystals of metals and alloys in complex shapes and up to one metre in length, as needed for advanced technological applications.
  
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- Worms live longer in cool conditions thanks to a muscle-derived molecule
  
  In nematodes, a metabolite induced by the cold links low temperatures to a body-wide signal that promotes longevity. This signalling system is also seen in human cells.
  
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- Nerve activity initiates autoimmune hair loss
  
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- Glimpsing archaeal microbes on the move
  
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- Multimodal precision diagnostics in clinical xenotransplantation
- An AI tool improves weather forecasts up to a month ahead
  
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Careers

- Are salaries getting worse? Many scientists think so
  
  Nature’s survey of almost 4,000 researchers shows that you’re not alone if you struggle to make ends meet or your last pay rise is a distant memory.
  
  career feature
- - I’m expected to work excessive hours in the lab. Should I speak up about my disability?
    
    What can a researcher in an overworked laboratory do to take care of themselves and their lab-mates, and how should they navigate medical disclosure?
    
    career feature
  - To heal sick cities, scientists and residents must work together
    
    Tolullah Oni has developed a platform to transfer the intellectual capital of African diaspora scholars back to the continent.
    
    career q&a
  - ‘Fiercely stubborn’: the US scientists continuing their research amid funding cuts
    
    career feature
  - Why failure is a taboo topic in science
    
    nature careers podcast

Books & culture

- 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
  - Does the decline of book reading mark the end of rational thinking?
    
    Smartphones and artificial intelligence are undermining our ability to follow a complex argument, with grave consequences.
    
    book review
  - Elusive snow leopards and evasive particles: Books in brief
    
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