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Nature, Published online: 13 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00767-7Tightly packed molecular chains can start to wiggle in many directions when an enzyme introduces energy.

March 14, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmIdentical twins on trial: can DNA testing tell them apart?In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis…

In 2018, the ecologist and writer Suzanne Simard was conducting research in the forested Caribou Mountains of western Canada when a thunderstorm rolled in. She was…

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00845-wNature staff discuss some of the week’s top science news.

Celebrate Pi Day and read about how this number pops up across math and science on our special Pi Day page.For more than two millennia, mathematicians…

Confidential health data has been exposed online on dozens of occasions, a Guardian investigation can reveal, raising questions about the safeguarding of patient records by one…

Credit: Kevin Frayer/GettyChina is pledging to use ‘extraordinary measures’ to support the country’s bid to become a global leader in artificial intelligence, quantum technology and other…

March 13, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmRaccoons will solve puzzles just for funRaccoons might want to break into your trash can even without…

This great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is still a shark. Credit: Dave Fleetham/Design Pics Editorial/UIG via GettyIn a 1981 magazine essay, the evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay…

Many people shudder at the thought of Friday the 13th. Myths, legends and horror films have turned it into an omen of bad luck.History has also…