Nature, Published online: 29 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02772-8Analysis of almost 15 million people shows the trend increases with each decade, across cultures and generations. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Nature, Published online: 29 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02725-1Average expected lifespan is still increasing in high-income countries, but the rate of increase is slowing. nature.com/articles/d4158…

For people with macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel), an orphan retinal disorder that gradually destroys central vision, there have long been no approved treatment options. But now, a new study sponsored by Neurotech Pharmaceuticals and spearheaded by in sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/…

Harvard scientists have uncovered that lithium, a naturally occurring element in the brain, may be the missing piece in understanding Alzheimer’s. Their decade-long research shows that lithium depletion—caused by amyloid plaques binding to it—triggers earl sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/…

Scientists have created glow-in-the-dark succulents that can recharge with sunlight and shine for hours, rivaling small night lights. Unlike costly and complex genetic engineering methods, this breakthrough relies on phosphor particles—similar to those in sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/…

In 1954, a powerful earthquake shook Northern California near Humboldt Bay, baffling scientists for decades. Most quakes in the region come from the Gorda Plate, but this one didn’t fit the pattern. After digging through old records, modern models, and eye sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/…

Rice University physicists confirmed that flat electronic bands in kagome superconductors aren’t just theoretical, they actively shape superconductivity and magnetism. This breakthrough could guide the design of next-generation quantum materials and techno sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/…

Quantum scientists in Innsbruck have taken a major leap toward building the internet of the future. Using a string of calcium ions and finely tuned lasers, they created quantum nodes capable of generating streams of entangled photons with 92% fidelity. Thi sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/…

A Vermont research team has cracked a 90-year-old puzzle, creating a quantum version of the damped harmonic oscillator. By reformulating Lamb’s classical model, they showed how atomic vibrations can be fully described while preserving quantum uncertainty. sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/…

A Mediterranean diet alone is healthy, but when combined with calorie control, exercise, and support, it cuts type 2 diabetes risk by 31%. The PREDIMED-Plus study followed almost 5,000 participants for six years, making it Europe’s largest nutrition trial. sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/…

Seventy million years ago, southern Patagonia was home to dinosaurs, turtles, and mammals—but also to a fierce crocodile-like predator. A newly discovered fossil, astonishingly well-preserved, reveals Kostensuchus atrox, a powerful 3.5-meter-long apex pred sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/…

Scientists have identified a new giant lizard, Bolg amondol, from Utah’s Kaiparowits Formation, named after Tolkien’s goblin prince. Part of the monstersaur lineage, Bolg reveals that multiple large lizards coexisted with dinosaurs, suggesting a thriving e sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/…

Funders test algorithms to spot promising science, raising hopes of faster reviews—and fears of bias science.org/content/articl…

If confirmed, vast cloud could test predictions about the Milky Way’s hidden architecture science.org/content/articl…

Nature, Published online: 29 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02770-wSome researchers say that US-agency policies provide opportunities for political interference. nature.com/articles/d4158…

New U.S.-Brazil study points to ways of countering election misinformation, political scientists say science.org/content/articl…

Series of droughts chronicled in cave rocks likely pushed civilization to breaking point science.org/content/articl…

Government legal advice would preserve restored projects studying health disparities, transgender health but threats remain science.org/content/articl…

Astronomers have spotted 3I/ATLAS, just the third interstellar object ever seen in our solar system. Bigger, faster, and possibly far older than ‘Oumuamua or Borisov, this icy traveler could help unlock clues about how other star systems formed billions of sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/…

Yale scientists discovered that cavefish species independently evolved blindness and depigmentation as they adapted to dark cave environments, with some lineages dating back over 11 million years. This new genetic method not only reveals ancient cave ages sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/…