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Nature, Published online: 30 September 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02977-xScientists try to explain bird behaviour, and a book delves into scientific paradoxes.

Published in Frontiers in Nutrition, the paper highlighted widespread insufficiencies for numerous micronutrients including vitamins A, D and B12, as well as folate, iron, calcium, iodine, magnesium and zinc.However, the authors from the Council for Responsible Nutrition, Nestlé, Amway and Bayer said that these nutritional gaps were under-recognized in public health policy and that dietary supplements were an underutilized tool when it comes to filling these gaps. “The main takeaway from our review is that micronutrient inadequacy is surprisingly common across Europe, even in high-income countries with well-stocked supermarket shelves,” co-author Kostas Mantantzis, global medical business lead at Bayer, told…

In a new study published in Nature Communications titled, “COOKIE-Pro: Covalent Inhibitor Binding Kinetics 2 Profiling on the Proteome Scale,” researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed a new data analysis method that provides a comprehensive, unbiased view of how covalent inhibitors interact with proteins throughout the cell. The technique aims to accelerate the design of more effective and safer therapeutics by precisely measuring both the binding strength and reaction speed of these drugs against thousands of potential targets simultaneously.  “Covalent inhibitors, which include well-known drugs like aspirin and the cancer therapeutic ibrutinib, are highly effective because they form…

Investments in neurodegeneration-focused startups set to continue as Sanofi Ventures gets significant cash infusion. Pharma giant Sanofi has revealed it is providing an additional $625 million to Sanofi Ventures, its corporate venture capital arm, with the funds earmarked for investments in early stage biotech and digital health. The multiyear capital infusion raises the evergreen fund’s assets under management to more than $1.4 billion, extending a decade-long strategy of identifying and nurturing early-stage companies in areas aligned with the French drugmaker’s long-term priorities. The additional capital for its investment arm comes as the biotech sector faces constrained access to early funding,…

Y Tony Yang, endowed professor and associate deanGeorge Washington University, Washington, DC, USAytyang{at}gwu.eduKirkland and Greer’s article about Robert F Kennedy Jr and others in the antivaccine movement offers a timely and urgent critique of current US vaccine policy leadership and its global ripple effects.1 The article rightly highlights the dangers of politicising vaccine science and the erosion of expert driven policy, but I think the discussion would benefit from a broader, more nuanced perspective on …

A new study finds that it is not too late for older adults to improve their health and well-being through lifestyle interventions.Researchers at the University of Toronto, Canada, found that almost 25% of adults over 60 with poor well-being were able to improve within three years. The publication in PLOS One underlines the importance of lifestyle and psychosocial factors in healthy aging.Those with poor well-being reported pain, health issues, low mood, or isolation. People with strong psychological wellness at the start of the study were noted to be five times more likely to achieve ideal health.The study notes that healthy…

To gain a complete picture of cell development, scientists recently filmed cells in the live skin tissue of frog embryos. They quantified changes in cell shape and movement and analyzed how these changes defined cell fate. Image credit:Raghavan ThiagarajanWhat do cells want to be when they grow up, and how do they get there? Intrigued by these questions, many developmental biologists try to follow the journeys of cells from when they can virtually become any kind of cell to when they have reached their final fate. Scientists can take snapshots of this journey at specific timepoints, but what happens between these…

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 30 September 2025 Satellites help scientists to document a correlation between dust travelling from Africa and hailstones falling in the Alps.

Spinach is a great source of folate, a crucial nutrient that’s especially important for those who are pregnant or breastfeeding. However, if you don’t want to dig into a green salad every day, these delicious recipes are the folate-rich lunches or dinners that you’ve been looking for. With 116 milligrams or more of folate (about 30% of your daily needs) per serving, these meals have more of the nutrient than a standard 2-cup serving of spinach. Try out our Roasted Potato Tzatziki Bowls for a hearty dinner, or our 5-Ingredient Avocado & Chickpea Salad for a lunch that’s easy to…

Credit: Keith Chambers / Getty Images / Science Photo Library Marc Hedrick, MD, MBA, a physician-turned-biotech executive, has been tracking survival curves for cancer for decades. While survival rates for many cancers have improved, sometimes dramatically, Hedrick noticed patients with central nervous system (CNS) cancers have been left behind. “Over the last forty years, survival rates for cancers outside the CNS have increased by 300%,” Hedrick told Inside Precision Medicine. “For CNS cancers, the survival curve is basically flat. Despite all the advances in imaging, despite MRI transforming how we diagnose and locate tumors, the outcomes have hardly changed.” For…