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In the early hours of 28 May 2005, Isabelle Dinoire woke up in a pool of blood. After fighting with her family the night before, she…

Download the November 2025 long read podcastCRISPR-based gene editing has revolutionized modern biology, but these tools are unable to access the DNA that resides inside mitochondria.…

November 27, 20253 min readThe Incredible, Unlikely Story of How Cats Became Our PetsTwo new studies dig into the long, curving path that cats took toward…

The Food and Drug Administration is poised to kill a proposed rule that would require testing for toxic asbestos in talc-based cosmetics, a problem that has…

]]> Researchers have trapped more atoms of antimatter more quickly than ever before — a potentially transformative step in elucidating the mysteries of this elusive substance1.…

The only major difference between the sun and the stars we see at night is that the sun happens to be close to us—which is advantageous,…

The presence of an extraordinary circle of yawning pits created by Neolithic people near Stonehenge has been proved thanks to a novel combination of scientific techniques,…

Casola, F., van der Sar, T. & Yacoby, A. Probing condensed matter physics with magnetometry based on nitrogen-vacancy centres in diamond. Nat. Rev. Mater. 3, 17088…

Patrick Vallance, the minister for science, research and innovation, recently unveiled a plan to cut animal testing through greater use of AI and other technologies, with…

Doctors are cautiously optimistic about a groundbreaking gene therapy for children affected by a devastating inherited disorder after seeing positive results in the first boy to…