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Guinea-Bissau will implement a universal birth-dose policy for the Hepatitis B vaccine in 2027.Credit: Enrique Lopez-Tapia/Nature Picture Library/AlamyPublic health authorities in Guinea-Bissau say that they have…

January 21, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmRFK, Jr.’s assertion that his voice condition is linked to the flu shot is not based in…

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will no longer fund research that uses human fetal tissue obtained from “elective” abortions, the world’s biggest public funder of…

Exhaled breath can have hundreds of different compounds in it, some of which could have diagnostic potential.Credit: GettyThe chemicals found in a person’s breath might reveal…

January 22, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmNIH ends fetal tissue researchThe National Institutes of Health’s move to end support for research using fetal…

I have a farmer friend who regularly regales me with colourful stories of her cattle. Take the time when a beef cow called Noisette used her…

Credit: GettyWithin a couple of years of ChatGPT coming out, I had come to rely on the artificial-intelligence tool, for my work as a professor of…

Let’s say it’s 2036, and scientists are working on a new class of drugs. These medications are mirror-image versions of the molecules your body uses to…

Suni Williams, one of two Nasa astronauts whose 10-day test flight mission turned into a nine-month odyssey on the International Space Station (ISS), has retired from…

Nature, Published online: 22 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00206-7An Austrian cow has shown that some bovines are intelligent enough to employ objects for their own ends.