Endurance, the wooden ship that Ernest Shackleton took to Antarctica in 1915, wasn't built to withstand frozen seas – and the famous explorer knew itRead more

The 2025 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their discoveries around how we keep...Read more

Mathematicians have found a new way to predict how prime numbers behaveRead more

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi shared the Nobel prize for their work on peripheral immune tolerance, a process that is key to...Read more

Saturn’s moon Enceladus shows signs of life-supporting chemistry, fungi may have shaped Earth before plants, and repeat COVID infections raise long-term health risks for kids.Read more

Some conservation groups are calling for an effective ban on genetic modification, but others say these technologies are crucial for preserving biodiversityRead more

A controversial prediction about black holes and the expansion force of the universe could explain a cosmology mysteryRead more

We thought happiness peaked at the beginning and end of life, but a study from Germany suggests a more pessimistic outlook for our later yearsRead more

Astronomers have long thought the universe should look generally the same in every direction, but an anomaly in the radiation from the big bang persists...Read more

Earth has breached a critical boundary for ocean acidification, with potentially grim effects for ocean ecosystems and human livelihoodsRead more

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 39, September 2025. SignificanceNonaddictive treatment of pain remains a major challenge, particularly for neuropathic pain,...Read more

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 39, September 2025. Human phospholipid scramblase 1 (PLSCR1) is an interferon-stimulated gene (ISG) that inhibits...Read more

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 39, September 2025. SignificanceTransposable elements (TEs) are pieces of DNA that can move within a...Read more

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 39, September 2025. SignificanceWitnessing social distress activates social pain empathy, modulated by oxytocin (OXT) and...Read more

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 39, September 2025. SignificanceGene knock-in animal models have been hindered by low efficiency. We addressed...Read more

Nature, Published online: 03 September 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02761-xAtomic partial charges are subtle variations in electron distribution in a molecule. They can now be measured by an...Read more

Nature, Published online: 03 September 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02532-8The role of tissue that forms between the head and trunk of a fly embryo has been unclear. It...Read more

Nature, Published online: 03 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09449-2Spatial transcriptomic studies and lineage tracing reveal that, after brain injury, transient profibrotic fibroblasts develop from existing brain fibroblasts,...Read more

Nature, Published online: 03 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09373-5The enzyme ABHD18 is shown to have a key role in cardiolipin metabolism in mitochondria, offering a potential route...Read more

Nature, Published online: 03 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09361-9An analysis of seismic data acquired by the InSight mission demonstrates that Mars has a 600-km solid inner core.Read more

Science, Volume 389, Issue 6763, August 2025.Read more

Science, Volume 389, Issue 6763, August 2025.Read more

Science, Volume 389, Issue 6763, August 2025.Read more

Science, Volume 389, Issue 6763, August 2025.Read more

Science, Volume 389, Issue 6763, August 2025.Read more