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Microbial diversity loss seen after a course of some commonly prescribed antibiotics can persist for years.

Mighty mini-magnet is low in cost and light on energy use

A compact device can produce a magnetic field that is more than 800,000 times stronger than Earth’s.

Chemical pollutants are rife across the world’s oceans

Compounds that are used to make plastics and personal-care products were found in all types of marine environment, a meta-analysis shows.

Strength persists after a mid-life course of obesity drugs

Muscle mass increased or remained stable relative to body weight in middle-aged mice and humans on GLP-1 drugs.

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MAGAZINE – APRIL 2026

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘A Galactic Mystery’ – Missing Dark Matter presents a Cosmic conundrum.

Why pristine mountain lakes are suddenly turning green

High in the Rockies, researchers are discovering that wind-borne pollution and rising heat are fueling unprecedented algal blooms by Cody Cottier

The kids are all right

Surprising studies show young people are doing better than previous generations in many ways by Melinda Wenner Moyer

Galaxies without dark matter mystify astronomers

Maria Luísa Buzzo

How the corpse flower came to be so weird

Jacob S. Suissa

New ways to save kidneys – The number of kidney patients is going up

Now Medical Studios, Jen Christiansen

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SCIENCE MAGAZINE —- MARCH 5, 2026

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SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Bottleneck Recovery’ – Population expansion and genetic reshuffling in koalas…

Stem cell therapies ‘come of age’ with two conditional approvals in Japan

Induced pluripotent stem cells could help treat diseased hearts and brains

AI and quantum now drive NSF grantmaking, officials say

Leaders acknowledge White House role in recent controversial moves

U.S. research agency moves to restrict foreign scientists

Proposed rule at National Institute of Standards and Technology would limit lab access to a few years

Why three scientists said no to Epstein

The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude”

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NATURE MAGAZINE – FEBRUARY 5, 2026

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NATURE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Clear Waters’ – Index offers transparent framework for assessing ocean equity…

Genetically engineered ‘stinkweed’ comes up roses for making seed oil

Field pennycress could become a valuable winter crop, with benefits for both carbon storage and farm profitability.

Light-powered bacteria become living chemical factories

Engineered Escherichia coli could open the door to more sustainable routes to new drugs and other chemicals.

Largest galaxy survey yet confirms that the Universe is not clumpy enough

The six-year results from the Dark Energy Survey highlight unresolved tensions in standard cosmological theory.

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SCIENCE MAGAZINE – JANUARY 29, 2026

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SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Gone Fishing’ – Social cues inform foraging.

Earthquake sensors buried in the quietest spot on Earth

Beneath the South Pole, two seismometers will probe the planet’s interior and monitor movement of Antarctic ice

Oil helped build Venezuela’s science. Can oil now revive it?

After Maduro, Venezuelan researchers hope to rebuild the industry that supported the country’s scientific workforce

Leading preprint server clamps down on ‘AI slop’

First-time posters to arXiv now need an endorsement from an established author

Magnetic fields cause fluorescent proteins to dim

Effect could lead to MRI-like diagnostics and switchable, remote-controlled drugs

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The American Scholar Magazine – Winter 2026

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THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR: The latest issue features ‘The Chronicler of Harlem’ – Rudolph Fischer’s singular legacy…

Renaissance Man

Doctor, writer, musician, and orator: Rudolph Fisher was a scientist and an artist whose métier was Harlem By Harriet A. Washington

Acid Blues (Slight Return)

The music of Jimi Hendrix continues to strike a chord By James McManus

Netflix Goes to Vietnam

When a filmmaker wanted to understand the war that changed his father, he decided to make a documentary By Thomas A. Bass

Back to Bellevue

Two deaths nearly five decades apart and the hospital that felt like a nightmare By Natalie Angier

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NATURE MAGAZINE – JANUARY 22, 2026

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NATURE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Lost Science’ – The fragile reality of US research today.

Ancient pottery reveals early evidence of mathematical thinking

Symmetrical arrangements of botanical motifs indicate a grasp of spatial division long before the advent of formal written numbers.

HPV vaccine could help to protect the unvaccinated against cervical cancer

A drop in precancerous growths in women who hadn’t received the jab suggests the existence of a ‘herd effect’ against the virus.

Climate trends influence transatlantic flight times

Better understanding of multi-year global weather cycles could help airlines to reduce fuel consumption and cost.

Gifted dogs learn new words by overhearing humans

Particularly talented canines have sociolinguistic skills akin to those of young toddlers.

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NATURE MAGAZINE – JANUARY 15, 2026

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NATURE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Little Red Dots’ – Enigmatic objects in the distant Universe could be young black holes in a cocoon of gas…

Putting immune cells into ‘night mode’ reduces heart-attack damage

Drugs that limit the activity of cells called neutrophils could make heart attacks less severe without compromising the immune system.

Ancient ‘snowball’ Earth had frigidly briny seas

Ocean temperatures well below freezing in Earth’s deep-past glacial phases imply some very salty waters.

Disappearing ‘planet’ reveals a solar system’s turbulent times

What was originally thought to be a planet orbiting the Fomalhaut star was probably just the fallout of a wild collision.

Getting to the (square) root of stock-market swings

A huge data set has confirmed a long-theorized relationship between the size of stock trades and the impact on prices.

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NATURE MAGAZINE – JANUARY 8, 2026

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NATURE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Branch Management’ – How the need to minimize surface area governs growth of 3D physical networks.

SCIENCE MAGAZINE – JANUARY 1, 2026

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SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Sleeping or Sprouting’ – Genetic variation in a barley kinase gene determines dormancy duration and preharvest sprouting….

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New ways to save kidneys – The number of kidney patients is going up

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