One man's rare Alzheimer’s mutation delayed its onset(nature.com)

168 points by deepzn 3 years ago | 53 comments

AI search of Neanderthal proteins resurrects ‘extinct’ antibiotics(nature.com)

67 points by mfiguiere 3 years ago | 43 comments

Earth’s average 2023 temperature is now likely to reach 1.5 °C of warming(nature.com)

39 points by rntn 3 years ago | 5 comments

Hunter-gatherer lifestyle fosters thriving gut microbiome(nature.com)

99 points by LinuxBender 3 years ago | 122 comments

Stem cells reverse woman’s diabetes(nature.com)

247 points by user070223 2 years ago | 35 comments

Medical-evidence giant Cochrane battles funding cuts and closures(nature.com)

99 points by pcrh 3 years ago | 54 comments

Cheap blood test detects pancreatic cancer before it spreads(nature.com)

331 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 196 comments

Nature news article from February 2025 about an inexpensive blood test that can detect pancreatic cancer before it spreads to other parts of the body.

New pancreatic cancer drug might open the door to much longer survival times(economist.com)

413 points by andsoitis 4 months ago | 143 comments

Economist article reporting that a promising pancreatic cancer drug may be the first of a new class of treatments targeting a cancer master switch.

Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy(news.cornell.edu)

411 points by giuliomagnifico 9 months ago | 748 comments

Cornell Chronicle article on research finding that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are associated with reductions in Americans' grocery and food purchases.

Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears(nature.com)

355 points by mdhb 1 year ago | 243 comments

Nature news article reporting that scientific conferences are relocating or pausing US meetings because foreign researchers fear border and travel problems.

CDC data are disappearing(theatlantic.com)

614 points by doener 1 year ago | 479 comments

The Atlantic article by Katherine J. Wu reporting that the CDC has removed scientific data from public view, with more removals possibly to follow.

AI tools are spotting errors in research papers(nature.com)

555 points by kgwgk 1 year ago | 200 comments

Nature news article on a growing movement using AI and large language models to detect errors in research papers, sparked by a flawed black plastic utensils study.