Nature, Published online: 22 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01274-5 Over the past three decades, mobile DNA sequences called transposable elements have proliferated throughout the genome of Enterococcus faecium, an important bacterium behind infections in hospitalized individuals. These ‘jumping genes’ can replicate rapidly, alter gene activity and seem to help E. faecium to alter its metabolism on clinical…
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The Novo Nordisk Foundation is one of the philanthropic organizations funding research, such as that at the Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen.Credit: Novo Nordisk Foundation Jim Simons, a US hedge-fund manager, used mathematical modelling and algorithms to make huge returns on financial investments. By the time Simons died in 2024, he was worth an estimated US$31…
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My dad loved aliens, until they showed up. His friends would say they were “not religious, but spiritual”. Dad wouldn’t even go that far. His love of aliens was based on the firm belief that they were physical, corporeal beings, “just like you and me”, he repeated, “but probably better.” After Mom died, he got…
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Opposition to vaccines grew more visible during the COVID-19 pandemic.Credit: Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty More than two-thirds of the public believe at least one false or unproven health claim — such as the idea that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism — a new survey finds. The results hint that a large, and potentially…