Daily briefing: Spouses tend to share the same psychiatric disorders Summary This Nature Briefing (Flora Graham, 01 September 2025) highlights a large analysis showing that when one partner is diagnosed…
Do social-media bans benefit young people? These data could offer clues Key Points • Australia’s Online Safety Amendment Act will bar people under 16 from many major social platforms (Instagram,…
How ageing changes our genes — huge epigenetic atlas gives clearest picture yet Summary A large meta-analysis mapped DNA methylation across 17 human tissues (more than 15,000 samples, ~900,000 sites)…
The grant lottery: award rates at UK national funding agency fall below 20% Summary Between 2017–18 and 2024–25, applications to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) rose from 16,355 to 29,927,…
Who is afraid of quantum mechanics? Books in brief Summary Andrew Robinson offers concise reviews of five recent science books, cutting across cybercrime, extinction, and fundamental physics. Featured titles include…
Daily briefing: Epigenetic atlas shows how ageing tweaks DNA Summary A large, cross-tissue analysis has produced an epigenetic “atlas” charting how DNA methylation — the addition or removal of methyl…
A mammoth toothache: bacterial community discovered in mouth of ancient mammal Summary Genetic sequencing of 483 mammoth teeth, skulls and skin samples — dated from around 1.1 million years ago…
Unifying gravity and quantum theory requires better understanding of time Summary The article argues that the core difficulty in developing a quantum theory of gravity lies in our understanding of…
These ‘glass straw’ optical fibres could speed up the Internet Summary A new hollow-core optical-fibre design — described in Nature Photonics and reported by Nature — replaces the usual solid…
AI-powered brain device allows paralysed man to control robotic arm Summary A non-invasive brain–computer interface (BCI) combined with an AI “co-pilot” enabled a man with partial paralysis to operate a…
