An updated phylogeny of bats is presented, based on new genome assemblies and many ancient fossils and including all known bat families.

Small molecules produced by TIR (Toll-interleukin-1 receptor) domains are essential for plant immune signaling. A central TIR-derived signal is 2'cADPR, a cyclic ADP-ribose (ADPR) molecule that is gen...

Nature Reviews Immunology, Published online: 15 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41577-026-01324-zA preprint by Teodoro-Castro et al. reports a nuclear role for STING in impairing DNA replication and contributing to replication stress in ageing pathologies.

Agression, distribution massive d’amendes, contrôles d’identité… Pour enrayer les mobilisations syndicales et étudiantes, les universités ont de plus en plus souvent recours à la police, aux dépôts d…

Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Position in Philosophy of Cancer (University of Bordeaux)

Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly changing academic research, raising questions of who is adopting these tools and under what conditions. Th...

Candidates debated housing and insurance policy in the first half, then furiously attacked one another at the end.

Uncertainty-based framing raises doubt, lowers vaccination intentions, and boosts science denial

EXCLUSIF. À l’occasion de la semaine de la vaccination, Le Parisien publie un texte offensif, initié par l’Institut Pasteur et rédigé par de

The Society for the Philosophy of Science in Practice 2026 Conference at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge

Dismissal of the National Science Board is widely seen as latest move to erase NSF’s independence

Elon Musk’s social media platform is boosting conservative content – and it’s having long-lasting effects on how users see the world.

Phages employ diverse counter-defense strategies to overcome bacterial immune systems. Here, the authors reveal that the phage homing nuclease SegB facilitates immune evasion by promoting the segmenta...

À plusieurs reprises, notamment le 26 mars, la commission a adopté une attitude outrageusement sceptique vis-à-vis de l’information scientifique et technique, en particulier dans le domaine de l’écolo...

Trump ally grilled by lawmakers over ‘terrible decisions’ on vaccines, public health and funding cuts to key programs

Many Democrats making the switch to politics are motivated by the Trump administration’s cuts to science — whereas energy and AI are a pull for some Republicans.