Nature, Published online: 20 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00102-0
The United States is leaving some of the world’s oldest and most influential scientific networks involved in biodiversity research, climate science and conservation. Affected…
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The US is quitting 66 global agencies: what does it mean for science?
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US Congress set to reject Trump’s sweeping science budget cuts
The US Congress has agreed on much larger budgets for science agencies than those proposed by US President Donald Trump. Credit: Douglas Rissing/Getty
The US Congress is poised to approve legislation rejecting the huge and unprecedented cuts to…
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To gain public trust, make art central to science communication
As your News Feature notes, effective science communication is needed in the face of funding cuts (see Nature 645, 298–300; 2025). Yet art–science collaborations — a great way to communicate the value of science — remain too rare.
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what has been lost and what remains
20 January 2026
By Max Kozlov, Jeff Tollefson and Dan Garisto
Grant termination data analysis and visualization by Kim Albrecht
MMore than 7,800…
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US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers
The first year of US President Donald Trump’s second administration delivered a steady pulse of federal-agency lay-offs, grant terminations and funding cuts to universities. “The speed, the scope and the severity of the attacks on science…
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Mistaken identity and the psychology of human recognition
Nature, Published online: 20 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00190-y
The accuracy of eyewitness evidence is questioned, and a fossil collection examined when a geological society moves its London home in this week’s pick from the Nature…
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Author Correction: Anthropogenic influences on major tropical cyclone events
Nature, Published online: 20 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10109-2
Author Correction: Anthropogenic influences on major tropical cyclone events
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countries must remove atmospheric carbon
Disappointed by the 30th United Nations climate conference, COP30, your Editorial calls for a road map to phase out fossil fuels (see Nature 647, 821; 2025). But decarbonization is not enough. If and when the world breaches the 1.5 °C warming limit…
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The way Earth’s surface moves has a bigger impact on shifting the climate than we knew
Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing “icehouse” periods and warm “greenhouse” states.
Scientists have long linked these climate changes to fluctuations in…
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A Common Pain Relief Drug Could Have Anti-Cancer Properties : ScienceAlert
Ibuprofen is a household name – the go-to remedy for everything from headaches to period pain.
But recent research suggests this everyday drug might be doing more than easing discomfort. It could also have anti- cancer properties.
As…
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