NATURE
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This robot hand detaches and walks by itself
Human hands are incredibly dexterous tools — but they have their limits. They are asymmetric, they have only a single…
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What were the first animals? The fierce sponge–jelly battle that just won’t end
Which animals came first? For more than a century, most evidence suggested that sponges, immobile filter-feeders that lack muscles, neurons…
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Guinea-Bissau suspends US-funded vaccine trial as African scientists question its motives
Guinea-Bissau will implement a universal birth-dose policy for the Hepatitis B vaccine in 2027.Credit: Enrique Lopez-Tapia/Nature Picture Library/Alamy Public-health authorities…
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Baby-to-baby strain transmission shapes the developing gut microbiome
Cohort description and recruitment A total of 134 volunteers comprising babies (4–15 months old at nursery start, median 10 months, 18 male,…
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How do vaccine cutbacks affect public health? Ask Japan
Despite having a strong healthcare system, vaccine hesitancy and mixed messages from government have curtailed some immunization efforts.Credit: Carl Court/Getty…
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A ‘time capsule for cells’ stores the secret experiences of their past
Ribosomes, pictured here, synthesize proteins by translating messenger RNA (mRNA) into amino acid chains. Credit: Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library Researchers…
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Ancient ‘snowball’ Earth had frigidly briny seas
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 12 January 2026 Ocean temperatures well below freezing in Earth’s deep-past glacial phases imply some very salty waters.…
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Chinese nuclear fusion reactor pushes plasma past crucial limit: what happens next
The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak is a nuclear-fusion research reactor in Hefei, China.Credit: Zhang Yazi/China News Service/VCG via Getty Researchers…
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Artificial skin mimics the octopus’s art of disguise
Nature, Published online: 06 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03984-8 A ‘photonic skin’ with controllable colour and texture brings materials science a step…
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Science in 2026: what to expect this year
Nature, Published online: 01 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04114-0 More refined AI models, advancements in human gene editing and the continuing impact…
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