Nature, Published online: 14 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01538-0An El Niño is coming, models say, but Nature spoke to researchers about when and how we’ll know its intensity.
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Nature, Published online: 14 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01545-1More than 140,000 fake citations across four research repositories were identified in papers and preprints published in 2025 alone.
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01531-7Old T cells secrete an enzyme that can impair brain function in mice.
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01550-4Mental illness needs visibility more urgently than almost any other area of medicine and health care. A new award from Wellcome and Nature aims to raise its prominence.
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00895-0After leaving academia, Bennett Foddy sees connections between games design, creativity and research, as he tells John Tregoning.
Distinct form of tooth protein in <i>Homo erectus</i> shows up in Denisovans—and us.
<p>Debris is a growing threat to orbital infrastructure, and it’s only going to get worse as the number of launches increases</p>
<p>The Andes type of the hantavirus is spread by “close contact,” but it’s unclear how much of that transmission occurs by inhaling airborne droplets or other means</p>
The type of bar matters when it comes to how it bends and recoils, but why is still a mystery.
A Neanderthal tooth shows clear signs of human intervention to treat bacterial decay, showing that the earliest dentistry began at least 59,000 years ago
<p>A survey found that more than 60 percent of respondents “strongly support” making psychedelics easier to study, reflecting a growing consensus that some could have therapeutic use</p>
Winner of an environmental photography award, this shot of a sea turtle seen under ultraviolet light shows how forensic evidence is being used to help catch poachers and animal traffickers
“Every time I go to the dentist, I think about that guy,” researcher says.
A study of soils around the Arctic and boreal forests has found that some wildfires are releasing carbon stored over millennia, meaning higher CO2 emissions than assumed
<p>Molar found in Siberia features deep hole that appears to show earliest known evidence of dental treatment</p><p>Neanderthals used stone drills to treat cavities almost 60,000 years ago in what is the earliest known evidence of dental treatment.</p><p>The single molar, which was unearthed in a cave in southern Siberia, features a deep hole that appears to have been created using a sharp, thin stone tool during the lifetime of the tooth’s owner.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/neanderthals-stone-drills-treat-cavities-tooth-siberia-dentist">Continue reading...</a>
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A 59,000-year-old Neandertal molar unearthed in Siberia was drilled with a stone tool – the earliest evidence of primitive dentistry.
Rowan Hooper met ecologist Suzanne Simard under an oak tree in Kew Gardens, London, to talk about her new book, criticism of her work, and getting a call from James Cameron's people
<p>Archaeologists analyzed a Neanderthal molar that seems like it was intentionally drilled, but some experts are skeptical</p>
Why did humans decide they weren't like other animals, or animals at all? Has this exceptionalism twisted us out of shape? Michael Bond's book Animate offers a page-turning account of where we are now
Scientific disciplines often shy away from asking fundamental "what if" questions. But philosophy – if unencumbered by dogma or ideology – has much to offer evidence-based enquiry
Feedback, prone to fixations, is pleased to learn this is an issue that also applies to AI chatbots like ChatGPT, which had to be sternly ordered to stop mentioning gremlins and the like
Scientists still don’t know why Andes hantavirus is the only one shown to spread from person to person.
The prime minister met Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and other crew members in Ottawa.
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