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When you have new visitors to your home, requests for the Wi-Fi password are likely to come in sooner rather than later. Such is the importance of staying online at all times in the modern age. There’s nothing wrong with…

Ogt deletion results in reduced DNA methylation genome-wide. Credit: Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41594-025-01505-9 You may have heard of the fantastic-sounding “dark side of the genome.” This poorly studied fraction of DNA, known as heterochromatin, makes up…

Download the 27 March long read podcast With money pouring in and an unprecedented level of public attention and excitement, scientists are publishing a steady stream of papers on ways to measure how rapidly a person’s body is declining. However,…

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Volunteers look for survivors near a damaged building Friday, March 28, 2025, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Credit: AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo Early Friday, a major 7.7 magnitude earthquake that originated near Mandalay, Myanmar, shook the Earth as far as Bangkok, about…

Advice to ‘eat your fruits and veggies’ is sound: diets that are rich in these foods are linked to healthy ageing, according to a massive analysis of eating habits over 30 years1. Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature…

The ocean is a vast natural sponge for carbon dioxide, taking in about 30 percent of the world’s annual carbon emissions. But certain human activities are rendering that sponge less absorbent, as described in new research. Bottom trawling for fish…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Prime Minister Keir Starmer recently boarded one of the UK’s four nuclear-armed submarines for a photo call as part of his attempts to demonstrate the UK’s defense capabilities as tensions with Russia continue. However, Starmer faces…

Laboratories run by scientists who rely almost entirely on US grants for their income could close as research funding dwindles.Credit: Karen Ducey/Getty Even when the first four of his five federal grants were cancelled in February, Jeremy Springman still had…