Nature, Published online: 06 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00759-7
Nature staff discuss some of the week’s top science news.

Nature, Published online: 06 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00759-7
Nature staff discuss some of the week’s top science news.

March 5, 2026
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Tylenol orders in pregnant people plummeted after Trump falsely linked the medicine to autism
An analysis found that, following Trump’s claim that acetaminophen was linked to autism, orders for…

The moon will officially be spared from an explosive encounter with a “city-killer” asteroid in 2032, new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal.
Collected on Feb. 18 and Feb. 26 with JWST’s sensitive infrared…

Those who have never endured the relentless ringing of tinnitus can only dream of the torment. In fact, a bad dream may be the closest some get to experiencing anything like it.
The subjective sound, which can also be a hissing, buzzing, or…

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Last year, an approximately 60 metre near-Earth object captured global attention. For a brief period, asteroid 2024 YR4 became the most dangerous asteroid…

Last year, we wrote about a Walsh Medical Media journal that refused to withdraw an author’s paper unless he paid a fee — even though he didn’t write or submit the article. For one reader, some details of that story were…

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Measles outbreak erupts in one of U.S.’s largest ICE detention centers
Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention facilities in the U.S., has reported 14 confirmed measles…

When the surface of the Sun exploded with activity in May 2024, Earth was hit by the biggest solar storm in more than two decades. The video shown below—made from images captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory—shows…

A new drug appeared to slash seizures up to 90% in children with a rare and devastating form of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome by tackling the underlying genetic mutation that causes the condition.
The findings are in an early-stage trial not…

In 1962, researchers hypothesized that diamond’s known form—a mostly cubic crystal—wasn’t the coveted mineral at its greatest hardness. Ever since, researchers have strived to recreate a hexagonal diamond, claimed to be…