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Are tiny human teams armed with AI assistants the future of drug discovery? go.nature.com/3WAdb0M
Anthropic bought a one-person, AI-powered biotech: is this drug discovery’s future?

Anthropic bought a one-person, AI-powered biotech: is this drug discovery’s future?

Nature - A promising biotechnology company developed a new approach that might treat a rare disease — but its sole employee didn’t do all the work.

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Vaccines and monoclonal antibody injections are cutting hospitalizations for RSV go.nature.com/4zig9V9
RSV vaccines slash infections: data show jabs’ staggering success against dangerous virus

RSV vaccines slash infections: data show jabs’ staggering success against dangerous virus

Nature - Vaccines and monoclonal antibody injections are cutting hospitalizations for the respiratory virus.

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Latest from the Nature Podcast 🔊 Too dry for cacti: extreme droughts could push iconic species to extinction go.nature.com/4AmbbYh
Too dry for cacti: extreme droughts could push iconic species to extinction

Too dry for cacti: extreme droughts could push iconic species to extinction

Nature - Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 11 Novemeber 2026

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Nature research paper: Independent interferometric observable confirms black hole shadow in M87* go.nature.com/4zI2Z4U
Independent interferometric observable confirms black hole shadow in M87*

Independent interferometric observable confirms black hole shadow in M87*

Nature - An imaging algorithm using closure-invariant formalism and diffusion-based reconstruction applied to supermassive black hole very long baseline radio interferometry datasets enables...

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Nature research paper: Mitochondrial protein import defects enhance tumour immunogenicity go.nature.com/4BYIz9i
Mitochondrial protein import defects enhance tumour immunogenicity

Mitochondrial protein import defects enhance tumour immunogenicity

Nature - Inhibition of mitochondrial protein import can enhance tumour immunogenicity by promoting mitochondrial DNA release.

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Farms depend on synthetic nitrogen fertilizers to increase crop yields, but the production and use of these chemicals generates billions of tonnes of greenhouse-gas emissions every year. Now there's progress on a greener alternative: bioengineered bacteria. go.nature.com/3UOKQmB
Engineered bacteria are weaning farms away from synthetic fertilizers

Engineered bacteria are weaning farms away from synthetic fertilizers

Nature - Scientists are editing microbes to supply more nitrogen to staple crops.

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How many scientists does it take to discover a drug? The question came to the fore after news that a biotechnology company armed with an AI assistant and just one full-time human employee had been acquired by Anthropic. go.nature.com/4kaFU63
Anthropic bought a one-person, AI-powered biotech: is this drug discovery’s future?

Anthropic bought a one-person, AI-powered biotech: is this drug discovery’s future?

Nature - A promising biotechnology company developed a new approach that might treat a rare disease — but its sole employee didn’t do all the work.

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Nature research paper: Metasurface waveguides for all-day augmented reality glasses go.nature.com/4BUsLUS
Metasurface waveguides for all-day augmented reality glasses

Metasurface waveguides for all-day augmented reality glasses

Nature - An all-day-wearable augmented reality glasses prototype using a dual-layer metasurface-based waveguide and three matched grating patterns achieves a 30° field of view in an...

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The reconstruction of black hole images is extremely challenging go.nature.com/3ULuyLs
Iconic first image of black hole holds up to scrutiny

Iconic first image of black hole holds up to scrutiny

Nature - Picture produced by fresh analysis of the data that yielded the first-ever image of a black hole outputs the same, ring-like shape.

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Some of Brazil’s wildlife have traces of plastic circulating in their blood — even if they live far from land used by humans go.nature.com/4k6vq7C
Even giant anteaters in the remote Amazon have microplastics in their blood

Even giant anteaters in the remote Amazon have microplastics in their blood

Nature - A map of the movements of Brazilian wildlife and their exposure to human activities can inform protection initiatives.

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This week on the pod: 🌵 How extreme climatic events threaten cacti 🏥 Testing a new way to define obesity go.nature.com/4iNPyce
Too dry for cacti: extreme droughts could push iconic species to extinction

Too dry for cacti: extreme droughts could push iconic species to extinction

Nature - Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 11 Novemeber 2026

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These findings question what we know about early Alzheimer's disease go.nature.com/4sUhxfa
New culprit in early Alzheimer’s: Blood–brain barrier blocks protective proteins

New culprit in early Alzheimer’s: Blood–brain barrier blocks protective proteins

Nature - The brain relies on crucial proteins to maintain neurons. This system is disrupted in mice with neurological disease.

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A fresh approach considers waist circumference, rather than just weight and height, providing a more accurate classification than BMI go.nature.com/4zR5xNW
Move over BMI: new obesity definition is better for predicting your health

Move over BMI: new obesity definition is better for predicting your health

Nature - A fresh approach considers waist circumference, rather than just weight and height, providing a more accurate classification.

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Nature research paper: In vivo CAR-T double knockout screen maps synergistic antitumour gene pairs go.nature.com/48jt2U5
In vivo CAR-T double knockout screen maps synergistic antitumour gene pairs

In vivo CAR-T double knockout screen maps synergistic antitumour gene pairs

Nature - Using high-throughput in vivo CAR-T double knockout screening, synergistic gene combinations to improve CAR-T cell therapy are revealed.

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Picking a site for an observatory should be about more than science. Humanities scholars have a crucial role in responsible siting, says Jaco de Swart go.nature.com/4fqV5Vg
Why your physics project needs an anthropologist

Why your physics project needs an anthropologist

Nature - Picking a site for an observatory should be about more than science. Humanities scholars have a crucial role in responsible siting.

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Nature research paper: Observation of prethermal dynamical phase transitions and resonant melting go.nature.com/3V24OKO
Observation of prethermal dynamical phase transitions and resonant melting

Observation of prethermal dynamical phase transitions and resonant melting

Nature - A programmable neutral-atom quantum simulator is used to explore quench dynamics in spin models with up to 180 qubits, revealing prethermal dynamical phase transitions and resonant melting.

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Decades-old papers are increasingly being pulled from the literature go.nature.com/4AqYhs9
Retractions of old papers are on the rise: when should bad science be culled?

Retractions of old papers are on the rise: when should bad science be culled?

Nature - Decades-old papers are increasingly being pulled from the literature, bringing a host of challenges.

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Metascience has captured the interest of politicians, who must not misuse the data go.nature.com/4BR51Bf
Metascience should be a source of evidence, not a means of control

Metascience should be a source of evidence, not a means of control

Nature - The field has captured the interest of politicians. There are positives — but governments must not misuse the data.

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Nature research paper: Ecological and social cues orchestrate concerted courtship in Drosophila go.nature.com/4iZrKU5
Ecological and social cues orchestrate concerted courtship in Drosophila

Ecological and social cues orchestrate concerted courtship in Drosophila

Nature - In Drosophila erecta, food odours initiate male sexual arousal, which is subsequently reinforced by the visual motion of other courting flies, creating a multisensory mechanism that...

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A re-examination of a randomized controlled trial for a health-advice intervention reveals ripple effects and altered relationships in communities in rural Honduras go.nature.com/4sLPyhF
People’s social networks can be unintentionally reshaped during randomized interventions

People’s social networks can be unintentionally reshaped during randomized interventions

Nature - A re-examination of a randomized controlled trial for a health-advice intervention reveals ripple effects and altered relationships in communities in rural Honduras.

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