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Game developers didn’t have it easy in the 1990s. Because they had extremely limited computing power, they had to write their code as efficiently as possible.…

Alarm bells are ringing in the UK research community. Physics departments may close and researchers leave the UK. What is happening and why?The alarm comes from…

Intermittent fasting is no better for shedding the pounds than conventional diets and is barely more effective than doing nothing, according to a major review of…

“I just felt slow: I want to be able to do anything my kids want to do and not have weight be a factor. Even a…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.There is something about a good kiss that can stick with you, that…

Monogamy may be held up as an ideal, but evolution has other ideasMost of us know people in committed relationships, even lifelong marriages. And we also…

Nature, Published online: 13 February 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00476-1Nature staff discuss some of the week’s top science news.

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.Going to space is harsh on the human body, and…

Artificial-intelligence agents can hire people for real-world tasks on the website RentAHuman.ai.Credit: Courtesy of RentAHuman.aiYour new boss is here, and all it asks you to do…

Four fresh astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station (ISS). On Friday at 5:15 A.M. EST, Crew-12 launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., onboard…