Researcher-poets use verse to help to ease isolation and grief, sing the praises of nature or depict the joys of commuting by bicycle.Credit: WeBond Creations/Getty Last year, in a moving family farewell celebration, palliative-care physician and researcher Danielle Chammas said goodbye to a long-time patient with cancer. When Chammas came home afterwards, she wrote a…
The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action Nicholas Stern LSE Press (2025) As we breach 1.5 °C, we must replace temperature limits with clean-energy targets It is a dark time for climate policy and global affairs. Wars in Ukraine, the Gaza Strip and now Iran, as well as…
For 80 years, federally supported research in the United States has fuelled scientific and technological advancements, including the Internet, space exploration and the development of semiconductors and biotechnologies. In biomedicine, innovations have led to vaccines and therapeutics, breakthroughs in cancer and cardiovascular care and gains in life expectancy and quality of life. How data can…
The four Artemis II astronauts inside of the Orion capsule before they spoke to US President Donald Trump, after the Moon fly-by.Credit: NASA Updated 6 April 2026, 10.05 p.m. CDT (Houston time) The astronauts spoke over a phone link with US President Donald Trump on their way back from the Moon. Continuing a tradition that…
Nature, Published online: 07 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01094-7 AI and the human mind: only one is a black box Source link
Got sore, itchy eyes? You’re probably one of the millions of people who spend too much time staring at screens, being bombarded with blue light. Rub your eyes too much and your eyelids might turn a slight, pinkish hue. So far, so normal. But if, in the past 18 months, you typed those symptoms into…
Nicholas Stern (centre) produced his 2006 report on the economics of climate change with the support of then UK chief finance minister Gordon Brown (left) and Prime Minister Tony Blair.Credit: Kieran Doherty/AP/Alamy Few economists have managed to command the attention of so many world leaders in so short a space of time as Nicholas Stern…
Gender disparities are prevalent in academia; the effects of motherhood, for example, are well documented (see Nature https://doi.org/qxwk; 2026). Gender-equality initiatives often focus on numerical indicators, such as participation in panels and committees. But increased representation does not necessarily redistribute authority. When participation is the main metric, symbolic inclusion is a poor substitute for structural…
Your Feature on Alzheimer’s disease research in China notes that a surgical technique called deep cervical lymphatic venous anastomosis (dcLVA) is being tested globally as a potential treatment (see Nature 650, 816–818; 2026). It aims to improve drainage from the ‘glymphatic system’, which is thought to clear cellular waste from the brain — including the…
A form of pancreatic cancer (pictured) is often caused by mutations in the KRAS protein.Credit: PJD/SPL Armed with sophisticated chemistry and fresh approaches to drug design, researchers are closing in on innovative strategies to undermine a cancer-causing mutant protein once considered ‘undruggable’. Mutations in a protein called KRAS fuel some of the most lethal cancers….