Plants stay neatly patterned as they grow, and PLETHORA proteins may explain why

• How do plants achieve their remarkably regular arrangement of leaves and flowers • And why does this pattern remain so stable, even as plants grow and respond to their environmen

Science · February 26, 2026 (updated February 26, 2026) · 1 min · 155 words
How earthquakes and lightning help explain squeaky sneakers

How earthquakes and lightning help explain squeaky sneakers

• Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X You have full access to this article via your institution • Download the Nature Podcast 25 February 2026 In this episode: 00:44

Science · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 1 min · 204 words

Nutrient-driven 'death fronts' may explain why some antibiotics fail outside the lab

• Antibiotics are medical marvels that have transformed once deadly bacterial infections into manageable conditions. • But with a rise in antibiotic resistance that renders existin

Science · February 24, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 1 min · 130 words
Cannibalism may explain why some orcas stay in family groups

Cannibalism may explain why some orcas stay in family groups

• Orcas may be at risk of predation by other orcasFrancois Gohie/VWPics/Alamy Orcas may be at risk of predation by other orcas Francois Gohie/VWPics/Alamy Biologists have seen sign

Science · February 24, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 292 words

Between flood and drought: The metric that could better explain what happens to water in the age of climate change

• A key question in any discussion about climate is ‘How much rain fell?’ But perhaps there is an even more important one. • Like any household budget, the global water economy is

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 158 words
Microsoft Uses Plagiarized AI Slop Flowchart to Explain How Git Works

Microsoft Uses Plagiarized AI Slop Flowchart to Explain How Git Works

• It’s becoming somewhat of a theme that machine-generated content - whether it’s code, text or graphics - keeps pushing people to their limits, mostly by how such ‘AI slop’ is gen

Scientists finally explain why chronic constipation treatments often fail

Scientists finally explain why chronic constipation treatments often fail

• Scientists finally explain why chronic constipation treatments often fail Scientists have traced stubborn constipation to a mucus-eating bacterial tag team â and stopping them co

Science · February 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 205 words

Why some tunes stick: Mathematical symmetry helps explain catchy melodies

• Why do some melodies feel instantly right, balanced, memorable and satisfying, even if you have never heard them before? • New research from the University of Waterloo suggests t

Science · February 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 74 words
US scientists unveil 'cloud in a box' chamber that could explain storms and rain

US scientists unveil 'cloud in a box' chamber that could explain storms and rain

• US scientists unveil ‘cloud in a box’ chamber that could explain storms and rain The chamber mixes warm, humid air with cold air to generate the supersaturation required for clou

AI isn't the risk - not being able to explain it is

AI isn't the risk - not being able to explain it is

• AI won’t break the enterprise by failing - it will break trust when leaders can’t explain why it made a decision they’re expected to defend. • Credit: Bojan Milinkov / Shuttersto