These birds suckâliterally
Scientists spot first example of suction feeding in the avian world
Jupiterâs weather forecast: cloudy with a chance of nukes
The planetâs lightning storms can unleash the force of multiple nuclear weapons every minute
Science
Surprising male G-spot found in most detailed study of the penis yet
A long-overlooked area of the penis has been found to have the highest concentration of nerve endings and sensory structures in the organ, suggesting that it is the âmale G-spotâ
Breaking
âThe violence of racist tyrannyâ: African Guernica goes on display alongside Picasso masterpiece
Piece by late South African artist Dumile Feni is part of new series History Doesnât Repeat Itself, But It Does Rhyme On the second floor of the Reina SofĂa, in the very spot where Picassoâs Guernica was first exhibited when it arrived in the Madrid museum 34 years ago, there now hangs a smaller, ne
Health
Our daughter battled Meningitis B despite being vaccinated in 'very rare' case
After Noa-Rose became critically ill, the four-year-old spent two weeks fighting for her life.
Politics
Ed Milibandâs stock is rising because heâs a rare commodity in Labour these days: a thinker | Gaby Hinsliff
The party seems to have woken up to its need for an old-style intellectual heavyweight to counter the vacuousness of recent yearsNature famously abhors a vacuum. So when Morgan McSweeney departed government, leaving a hole where much of Keir Starmerâs thinking used to be, it was always going to be f
Transgender women athletes banned from female Olympic events
The International Olympic Committee says women's events at the 2028 Los Angeles Games will be restricted to biological females, after years of controversy over transgender participation. Also: President Trump has again pushed back his threat to start bombing Iranian energy plants, giving Tehran ten
These small African antelopes may help mpox spread
Researchers find evidence that duikers, hunted and eaten across sub-Saharan Africa, can harbor the deadly virus
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Two humanitarian aid boats heading to Cuba have gone missing, Mexico says
Navy searching for two boats that left Isla Mujeres last week bound for Havana with nine crew members of different nationalities on boardMexicoâs navy said on Thursday it had activated a search-and-rescue operation in the Caribbean to locate two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid to Cuba after the
Two years after it emerged, âcow fluâ is still circulatingâand baffling scientists
Researchers still arenât sure how H5N1 influenza spreads between cows and from farm to farm
Huge lung-cancer screening campaign boosts early diagnosis
Nature, Published online: 27 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00954-6A programme that offers scans to smokers between the ages of 55 and 74 detects a large number of early-stage lung tumours.
Giants of the deep and the wonder of space: Books in Brief
Nature, Published online: 27 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00995-xAndrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
Sunken Soviet nuclear submarineâs radioactive release
Nature, Published online: 27 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00953-7Low levels of radioactive strontium and caesium are emanating from a pipe on the wreck of the Komsomolets.
Briefing Chat: âZombie cellsâ resurrected with new genes
Nature, Published online: 27 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00996-wNature staff discuss some of the week's top science news.
Motherhood derails womenâs academic careers â these data reveal how and why
Nature, Published online: 27 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00981-3Mothers in academia take on considerably more childcare-related responsibilities than do fathers.
Israel says it's killed an Iranian naval commander
The US military says an Israeli airstrike that killed the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's naval commander, Alireza Tangsiri, "makes the region safer". Israel's defence minister says he was directly responsible for blocking the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has not confirmed his death. We look at how the Midd
Science
Sperm get lost in space, Australian research into microgravity impacts suggests
Study into how fertilisation could work in space finds sperm may get disorientated when trying to find an eggSperm in space are likely to get disoriented and lost while struggling to find their way to an egg, a new study has found.When exposed to microgravity in experiments, sperm tumble around like
Science
Trail hunt ban moves closer as consultation begins
Animal welfare campaigners welcome a "pivotal moment" in the move towards a ban on trail hunting.
Science
Church leaders criticise Christian owner of GB News over channelâs climate attacks
Exclusive: Paul Marshall also challenged over his own âmisleadingâ statements and ÂŁ1.8bn of fossil fuel investments in his hedge fundThe co-owner of GB News and âcommittedâ Christian Sir Paul Marshall has been criticised by a group of church leaders over the TV channelâs attacks on climate science a
Long-standing volcanic eruption theory might be backward
Eruptions could be triggered when bubbles vanish into magmaânot when they burst out