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Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00493-0Asexual reproduction should be an evolutionary dead end. A study of asexual fish shows that a genetic ‘copy and paste’…

Confusion on whether Iran truly needed only “two weeks to four weeks” to make a nuclear weapon, as President Donald Trump suggested on Monday, hangs over…

NEWS AND VIEWS 11 March 2026 Oscillations in the brightness of a ‘superluminous’ supernova reveal it to be powered by a magnetized neutron star that distorts…

March 11, 20264 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmThe universe’s brightest supernovae are turbocharged by newborn magnetarsA new study explains how some supernovae are particularly…

Fears that a 100-metre-wide asteroid could be on course to collide with the moon appear to have been misplaced, according to new observations.Discovered in December 2024,…

“Uncertainty.”“Loss of trust.”“Definitely a crisis.”These are some of the ways in which researchers describe the state of affairs for government data in many countries.Do you really…

Kīlauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island erupted on Tuesday in a nine-hour spectacular, shooting fountains of lava some 1,300 feet into the air, according to the…

The UK is considering withdrawing from funding the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) beam pipe at CERN. Credit: Maximilien Brice/CERN/SPLThe United Kingdom’s largest research funder, UK…

March 11, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmWhere did magic mushrooms come from? Scientists just got closer to an answerScientists just discovered a new…

Hedgehogs have been discovered to hear high-frequency ultrasound, raising hopes that they could be deterred from dangerous roads with ultrasound repellers.Vehicles are estimated to kill up…