More concentrated precipitation decreases terrestrial water storage
Data TWS data come from the GRACE and GRACE-FO mass concentration solutions (RL06) developed by the Center for…
State media control influences large language models
Palmer, A. & Spirling, A. Large language models can argue in convincing ways about politics, but humans dislike…
Genome pioneer Craig Venter dies: here’s how he transformed science
The ‘maverick’ scientist Craig Venter — who led a race to decode the human genome, pioneered a genome-sequencing…
Key US science panels are being axed — and others are becoming less open
President Donald Trump and his administration downsized US science by historic margins last year as it reduced the…
Entire NSF science advisory board fired by Trump administration
Researchers serving on the National Science Board, which advises the US National Science Foundation, received a brief email…
Multicentre gene therapy for OTOF-related deafness followed up to 2.5 years
Yasunaga, S. et al. A mutation in OTOF, encoding otoferlin, a FER-1-like protein, causes DFNB9, a nonsyndromic form…
Genetic predictors of GLP1 receptor agonist weight loss and side effects
Overview of study recruitment Participants in this study were recruited from the customer base of 23andMe. Participants provided…
Why obesity drugs work better for some people: these genes hold clues
A study of the varied response to obesity drugs harnessed data from people who used 23andMe DNA tests.Credit:…
Artemis crew enter ‘nail-biting’ phase as they lose comms
View of the Moon from the Orion capsule as the crew set the record for the farthest distance…
What Artemis II’s astronauts will look for on the Moon’s far side
This Monday, 6 April, if all goes to plan, the astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission will fly…
Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration
The 2027 budget proposed by the administration of President Trump would make deep cuts to many science agencies,…
quantum-computing breakthroughs pose imminent risks to cybersecurity
Cloudflare is one of several cybersecurity companies now reassessing their timelines to provide protection against quantum hacking.Credit: Richard…