The US and China Are Collaborating More Closely on AI Than You Think
The US and China Are Collaborating More Closely on AI Than You Think Summary WIRED analysed more than 5,000 papers from the NeurIPS conference using OpenAI’s Codex to map how…
Complex VoidLink Linux Malware Created by AI
Complex VoidLink Linux Malware Created by AI Summary Check Point Research has uncovered VoidLink, an advanced cloud-first malware framework for Linux that appears to have been developed almost entirely with…
Hand stencils in Indonesian cave are world’s oldest known artworks
Hand stencils in Indonesian cave are world’s oldest known artworks Summary Rock art discovered in Sulawesi, Indonesia — specifically hand stencils — has been dated to at least 67,800 years…
An eye-popping discovery: early vertebrates had four eyes rather than two
An eye-popping discovery: early vertebrates had four eyes rather than two Summary A new analysis of Cambrian fossils (around 518 million years old) shows that the earliest known vertebrates possessed…
A variety of early hominin species shared the Afar region of Ethiopia
A variety of early hominin species shared the Afar region of Ethiopia Article Date: 21 January 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03727-9 Article Image: https://media.nature.com/lw100/magazine-assets/d41586-025-03727-9/d41586-025-03727-9_51822036.jpg Summary New analyses and recently reported fossils…
Schrödinger’s cat just got bigger: quantum physicists create largest ever ‘superposition’
Schrödinger’s cat just got bigger: quantum physicists create largest ever ‘superposition’ Article Date: 21 January 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00177-9 Article Image: nature.com image Author style Punchy: a clear, record-breaking experiment…
Illuminating how the bird inner retina works without oxygen solves a 350-year-old structural mystery
Illuminating how the bird inner retina works without oxygen solves a 350-year-old structural mystery Summary Birds have a thick inner retina packed with neurons but, unusually, that layer lacks its…
More than half of authors of leading research say funding is declining
More than half of authors of leading research say funding is declining Summary A global survey of more than 6,000 researchers who have published in Nature Index journals since 2020…
The transition from monocyte to tissue-resident macrophage requires DHPS
The transition from monocyte to tissue-resident macrophage requires DHPS Article meta Article Date: 21 January 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09972-2 Article Title: The transition from monocyte to tissue-resident macrophage requires DHPS…
Atmospheric microplastic emissions from land and ocean
Atmospheric microplastic emissions from land and ocean Summary This Nature paper compiles 2,782 measurements (2014–2024) of airborne and deposited microplastics (MPs) from 283 sites worldwide, aligns those observations with three…