- December 24, 2025
The Nature Podcast highlights of 2025
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peer reviews created using AI can avoid detection
The difficulty of detecting AI-tool use in peer review is proving problematic.Credit: BrianAJackson/iStock via Getty It’s almost impossible to know
Dogma-defying signalling through G proteins could lead to better pain relief
Nature, Published online: 18 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03810-1 Unexpected behaviours in G proteins could be exploited to design next-generation opioid drugs
Tracing pollution in the lives of Arctic seabirds
High up in the Arctic Circle, Olivier Chastel begins his working day by scanning the horizon for polar bears, rifle
China leads research in 90% of crucial technologies — a dramatic shift this century
China produces the largest share of high-quality research for 66 technologies.Credit: Liu Guoxing/VCG via Getty China is leading research in
What will be the first AI-designed drug? These disease-fighting antibodies are top contenders
An illustration of antibodies (pink) binding to a flu virus (brown).Credit: Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library Biologists achieved a landmark in
AI is saving time and money in research — but at what cost?
More than 60% of researchers surveyed about AI say they use it for work.Credit: MD Abu Sufian Jewel/NurPhoto via Getty
A bothy among the stars
It took the last traces of Homo sapiens 10,000 desperate years to reach the semi-oxygenated rock orbiting Proxima Centauri. Widely
Laser cooling traps more antimatter atoms than ever before
Researchers have trapped more atoms of antimatter more quickly than ever before — a potentially transformative step in elucidating the
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
An AI-detection tool developed by Pangram labs found that peer reviewers are increasingly using chatbots to draft responses to authors.Credit: