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A new tool that can shed light on who is most at risk of obesity-related diseases could help identify people who would benefit most from weight-loss…

The human aversion to dull experiences was nailed by the author Paulo Coelho when he declared: “I can stand defeats, pain, anger. But I can’t stand…

Vaping is likely to cause lung and oral cancer, researchers have found, as they urged regulators to act now rather than wait decades for a definitive…

It was all going well. Charlotte, five, was chatting with an AI soft toy called Gabbo at a London play centre about her family, her drawing…

The National Institutes of Health will no longer recognize a union of early-career researchers who work in its labs, NOTUS reported. NIH fellows—who typically receive term-limited…

Nature, Published online: 27 February 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00674-xNature staff discuss some of the week’s top science news.

A new drug for advanced prostate cancer has shown promise in early trials experts have said, with the medication shrinking tumours in some patients.Prostate cancer is…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.For many of us, our mental picture of romantic love is a couple.…

Whinnies seem to play a role in horses’ social interactions. Credit: Mumemories/GettyThe horse whinny, or neigh, has been a familiar sound at least since the animal…

After decades of recovery, southern right whales are showing signs of a climate-driven decline in breeding rates, which scientists say is a “warning signal” about changes…