A vast study suggests that being multilingual can slow down cognitive ageing.

This now-extinct tongue was probably spoken somewhere in Eurasia as many as 8,000 years ago. But how do we know Proto-Indo-European must have existed?

Researchers welcome the initiative, but say it doesn’t go far enough to capture the nuance of researcher productivity and impact.

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Our findings underscore the complex and dynamic nature of global health challenges. Since 2010, there have been large decreases in burden due to CMNN diseases and many environmental and behavioural ri...

This analysis identified several key differences in mortality trends from previous estimates, including higher rates of adolescent mortality, higher rates of young adult mortality in females, and lowe...

We examined global mortality patterns over the past three decades, highlighting—with enhanced estimation methods—the impacts of major events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to broader trend...

Nature’s global survey of 3,785 doctoral students shows satisfaction has recovered from pandemic lows, but harassment and inadequate supervision remain widespread.

Two journals embarked on efforts to compensate reviewers, with different results.

Offspring sex may not be random—maternal age and genetics influence sex clustering within families.

Inflammation, thought to be a driver of age-related disease, does not worsen with age in some Indigenous communities.

The brain continuously receives, integrates and responds to an influx of sensory signals emerging from the internal organs; this crosstalk is difficult to interrogate causally. In this Review, we discuss developments in multifunctional implantable neurotechnologies aimed at establishing robust bioelectronic interfaces between the brain and the peripheral organs suitable for long-term studies of brain–body signalling.

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