Universal transcriptomic hallmarks of mammalian ageing and mortality
Experimental samplesAnimals from ITP cohorts Liver samples of mice from the ITP61 were acquired from the collections of…
Ebola outbreak spirals out of control: how might it have started?
A researcher retrieves bats from a net inside a cave in central Africa.Credit: Steeve Jordan/AFP via Getty The…
More concentrated precipitation decreases terrestrial water storage
Data TWS data come from the GRACE and GRACE-FO mass concentration solutions (RL06) developed by the Center for…
State media control influences large language models
Palmer, A. & Spirling, A. Large language models can argue in convincing ways about politics, but humans dislike…
Deforestation-induced drying lowers Amazon climate threshold
Flores, B. M. et al. Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system. Nature 626, 555–564 (2024). Article ADS …
Hantavirus crops up on a cruise ship — what scientists are watching
A person who was aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius has tested positive for a variant of hantavirus…
here’s how he transformed science
The ‘maverick’ scientist Craig Venter — who led a race to decode the human genome, pioneered a genome-sequencing…
Key US science panels are being axed — and others are becoming less open
President Donald Trump and his administration downsized US science by historic margins last year as it reduced the…
Demography and life histories across the Roman frontier in Germany 400–700 ce
Meier, M. Geschichte der Völkerwanderung. Europa, Asien und Afrika vom 3. bis zum 8. Jahrhundert n. Chr. (C.…
Entire NSF science advisory board fired by Trump administration
Researchers serving on the National Science Board, which advises the US National Science Foundation, received a brief email…
Multicentre gene therapy for OTOF-related deafness followed up to 2.5 years
Yasunaga, S. et al. A mutation in OTOF, encoding otoferlin, a FER-1-like protein, causes DFNB9, a nonsyndromic form…
The genomic impact of population connectivity and decline in Africa’s elephants
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