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A shake-up of the government’s defence science powerhouse at Porton Down has severely damaged morale and harmed work on critical science that supports national security, a…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.Hello and happy new year! I love the first few days of a…

Nature, Published online: 01 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04114-0More refined AI models, advancements in human gene editing and the continuing impact of the Trump Team on science —…

New year; new you; new year’s resolutions. It’s that time of year when we commit ourselves to all sorts of ambitious targets, around 80% of which…

Kevin Hall spent 21 years at the US National Institutes of Health and became known globally for his pioneering work on ultra-processed foods. In April he…

For all of the political chaos that American science endured in 2025, aspects of this country’s research enterprise made it through somewhat … okay. The Trump…

December 30, 20254 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmHere’s What to Get Excited about in Space in 2026From crewed lunar voyages to flight tests of…

More of us are turning to products containing mushroom extracts, with the medicinal fungi market worth billions of pounds. Promises of mental and physical health benefits…

Stop Chasing HappinessFrank Martela Allen & Unwin (2025)In 2025, Nature searched for the world’s happiest PhD students, anticipating that they might be in Finland. The Nordic…

The best advice for living a healthy, well-adjusted life – eat your vegetables, get a good night’s sleep, politely decline when the Jägerbombs appear – never…