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Your partner probably wakes you up at night without you even realising

Your partner may wake you up six times a night – but does it matter?

What are the best foods for a hangover, scientifically?

Scientists finally reveal how this Alzheimer’s drug really works

Nanoengineered spintronic device can store data in four different ways

This massive crater could expose the heart of a lost planet

Large craters offer clues to the origin of asteroid 16 Psyche

The case for timing cancer treatments to daily circadian rhythms

New tests and alert systems spot kidney disease before irreversible damage

How drugs like Ozempic are revolutionizing kidney treatment

A silent immune attack on the kidneys afflicts many people. New treatments could make early diagnosis lifesaving

SpaceX reaches milestone of 10,000 Starlink satellites in orbit

The real reason Ireland has no snakes

Engineered lipid nanoparticles reprogram immune metabolism for better mRNA vaccines

Why there is a distressing rise in kidney disease

Universe in chaos, Earth’s kids oddly fine!

The kids are all right

The false positive paradox explains why you misjudge risk

The autism spectrum isn’t a sliding scale; 39 traits show the complexity

The Pentagon is backing nuclear waste recycling for long-lasting military power sources

Scientists reveal why Rocky Mountain lakes are turning green

Scientists built a tickle robot to solve one of biology’s strangest mysteries

Science crossword: Disappearing act

Readers respond to the December 2025 issue

Poems: Math limericks

Newly diagnosed kidney patients struggle with heavy burdens, from dialysis to distress

New drugs and treatments transform kidney care

More kidney patients are having healthy babies after years of discouragement from doctors

Math puzzle: Tricky calculation

How the corpse flower evolved its bizarre traits

How does kidney disease actually work?

Galaxies without dark matter mystify astronomers

Can testosterone boost a woman’s sex drive?

April 2026: Science history from 50, 100 and 150 years ago

Medical cannabis isn’t an effective treatment for anxiety, depression or PTSD, new research shows

Particle discovered at CERN solves a 20-year-old mystery

Charcoal records reveal 'unprecedented' wildfires in tropical peatlands during 20th century

3I/ATLAS: Interstellar comet has water unlike any in our solar system

ADHD brains show sleep-like activity even while awake

NASA’s Webb captures a bizarre brain-shaped nebula around a dying star

DNA origami vaccines could be the next leap beyond mRNA

Dinos hatched eggs less efficiently than modern birds, researchers show

Rare supernova from 10 billion years ago may reveal the secret of dark energy

A strange twist in the universe’s oldest light may be bigger than we thought

It's coyote puppy season; here's what you need to know

Carbon trading cuts emissions better than carbon taxes

A milestone voyage for Antarctic science

A 60-year old mystery about the moon's magnetosphere is finally solved

Ticketmaster's Eras Tour chaos made worse by crisis communication failures

Maize mysteries: Scientists uncover new information on how DNA works in maize