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Japan’s first female prime minister doesn’t call herself a feminist — but the country needs her to tackle sexism in science

November 5, 2025

Sanae Takaichi is the first female prime minister of Japan.Credit: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Japan struggles with gender equity. It…

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Early Oldowan technology thrived during Pliocene environmental change in the Turkana Basin, Kenya

November 5, 2025

Laland, K. N. & O’Brien, M. J. Niche construction theory and archaeology. J. Archaeol. Method Th. 1, 20…

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Alzheimer’s decline slows with just a few thousand steps a day

November 3, 2025

Cognition deteriorates less rapidly in people with Alzheimer’s disease who take at least 3,000 to 5,000 steps per…

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‘Teenage T. rex’ fossil is actually a different species

October 31, 2025

This artistic interpretation shows a pack of Nanotyrannus attacking a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex (front left).Credit: Anthony Hutchings A…

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Nanobody-based recombinant antivenom for cobra, mamba and rinkhals bites

October 29, 2025

Construction of an immune VHH-displaying phage library Immune VHH-displaying phage libraries were constructed at the VIB nanobody core…

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its secret could help extend human lifespan

October 29, 2025

The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) can live for more than 200 years, thanks in part to a highly…

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Glowing sperm helps to reveal secrets of mosquito sex

October 28, 2025

Sex between Aedes aegypti mosquitoes lasts about 14 seconds.Credit: Jacopo Razzauti/The Rockefeller University Female mosquitoes that transmit dengue…

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Google claims ‘quantum advantage’ again — but researchers are sceptical

October 23, 2025

Part of a cryostat in Google’s quantum-computing facility.Credit: Google Quantum AI Google researchers have made a fresh claim…

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Clinical manifestations and severity of COVID-19 caused by Omicron among paediatric patients aged 0–17 years in Italy

October 21, 2025

Patient characteristics From January to December 2023, 30,243 SARS-CoV-2 tests were performed in paediatric subjects 0–17 years of…

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Disconnecting part of the brain sends it into a deep sleep

October 20, 2025

Surgically severing part of the brain can send the area into a deep sleep.Credit: Peter Cade/Getty Slow, sleep-like…

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People with blindness can read again after retinal implant

October 20, 2025

An electrical device implanted under the retina helps to restore some visual acuity to people with age-related macular…

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New fossils reveal the hand of Paranthropus boisei

October 16, 2025

Leakey, L. B. New fossil skull from Olduvai. Nature 184, 491–493 (1959). Article ADS Google Scholar Leakey, L.…