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A trial is under way to find out if a £100 blood test could transform the way that the NHS diagnoses Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s is the…

Donald Trump has, allegedly, found “the answer to autism”: Tylenol.On Monday, Trump announced that pregnant women should dramatically limit their use of acetaminophen, known by the…

Calling the contrite: are you very sorry, or are you extremely remorseful? Do you see that what you did was very wrong, or have you recognised…

Madeleine Cheung in front of a model of the Voyager spacecraft during one of her visits to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.Credit: Madeleine CheungM.C.: In October 2023,…

Chatbots give positive, human-like responses to prompts from users.Credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via GettyAccounts of people developing psychosis — which renders them unable to distinguish between what…

Julie Gould 00:01Hello and welcome to Working scientist, a Nature Careers podcast. I’m Julie Gould.This is the second episode of our career planning series. Each episode…

The murder of political activist Charlie Kirk has prompted fears about rising levels of political violence in the US after a number of high-profile assassinations and…

Someone have a word with the chimps? Observations of the apes in the wild show them imbibing the alcoholic equivalent of a half pint of beer…

September 16, 20253 min readThe Problem with Billionaire ScienceScience may need to increasingly rely on wealthy patrons, but privately funded projects don’t always pan outBy David…

Science under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World Michael E. Mann & Peter J. Hotez PublicAffairs (2025)Months into President…