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Old hearts age backwards: transplanted organs adjust to host's biological age

Tracking the biological age of grafted organs suggests that donor pools could be expanded to boost organ availability.

news | 28 Sep 2026
- China now leads the world in trials for next-gen CAR-T therapies
  
  China tests these therapies faster than the rest of the world but regulatory changes could slow them down.
  
  news | 28 Sep 2026
- Exclusive: Sham scientific societies are misleading star researchers
  
  A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.
  
  news feature | 25 Sep 2026
- OpenAI's research chief talks of ‘cultural reset’ after wild few weeks
  
  Mark Chen discusses how the Hugging Face cybersecurity incident prompted a pivot to safety — and giving AI models a sense of 'taste'.
  
  news q&a | 25 Sep 2026
- Chemists struggle to ditch hazardous solvents — even after decades of ‘green’ efforts
  
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- AI bots are flooding researchers with requests for money and time
  
  news | 25 Sep 2026
- Anthropic’s AI biolab finds ‘CRISPR-like’ DNA in viruses. What’s next?
  
  news | 25 Sep 2026
- GLP-1 drugs fail to help some people lose weight — scientists are on a quest for answers
  
  news | 24 Sep 2026
- Nepal’s floods expose issues with climate-disaster funding — firmer policies are needed fast
  Uttam Babu Shrestha
  
  world view | 25 Sep 2026

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- Bigger than CRISPR? A guide to the latest genome editors
  
  Gene-editing techniques could soon allow researchers to replace entire genes and engineer complex cellular circuits — if the systems can be delivered safely into cells.
  
  technology feature | 28 Sep 2026
- How to stay smart in the age of AI: the science of critical thinking
  
  There is growing concern that AI can blunt memory and reasoning. But science shows ways to keep the brain sharp.
  
  news feature | 23 Sep 2026
- Bank accounts reveal the fingerprints of abusive financial control
  
  Analysis of anonymized banking data could help inform strategies to support victim-survivors of financial abuse — plus, how opposing forces within the Earth can alter the length of a day.
  
  nature podcast | 23 Sep 2026
- Will AI really kill us all? The science behind the hype
  
  Nature examines whether the technology might spell the end for humans, and why AI companies are calling for a slowdown.
  
  news explainer | 22 Sep 2026
- Briefing Chat: Why scientists made papyrus scrolls, then burnt them
  
  NATURE PODCAST | 25 SEP 2026
- AI system helps lab devices ‘talk’ with each other — streamlining research
  
  NEWS | 24 SEP 2026
- AI agent hacks government website for first time: why this breach matters
  
  NEWS EXPLAINER | 24 SEP 2026
- AlphaFold ‘goes viral’: database adds protein complexes of common viruses
  
  NEWS | 24 SEP 2026

Opinion

- Vaping in childhood has bigger health risks than we’d thought
  
  Use of e-cigarettes makes it more likely that young people will experience mental-health disorders and take up smoking. Governments must act.
  
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- - In praise of human teachers: universities must resist outsourcing everything to AI
    
    An AI revolution is sweeping through education. But teachers who can convey the excitement of thinking and learning are irreplaceable.
    
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  - Nepal floods pose biggest test yet for UN climate loss and damage fund
    
    Countries should not have to wait months to receive relatively small grants for responding to the immediate impact of extreme weather.
    
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  - Why AI companies can’t be trusted to self-regulate
    Heidy Khlaaf
    
    world view
  - The worst El Niño in recorded history is brewing — here’s how governments must prepare
    Zeke Hausfather
    
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- Youthful fans of YouTube sports videos stick to the sofa
  
  University students who are highly motivated to watch sports online do not report higher participation in exercise.
  
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- Surprising protein links dietary restriction to increased lifespan in flies
  
  A fruit-fly protein thought only to store amino acids in fact responds to nutritional deficiency in both development and adulthood, resulting in lifespan extension.
  
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  A landmark collection of bat genomes reveals fresh clues about the evolution of one of the world’s most unusual groups of mammals.
  
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  Variations in day length that occur on multidecadal timescales are caused by gravitational coupling between Earth’s inner core and its solid mantle.
  
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