Advances

An electrode inspired by soft robotics could provide less invasive brain-machine interfaces

Do try this at home

A striking purple species is one piece of the fungal kingdom’s uncharted diversity

An experiment at the University of Cambridge highlights the environmental cost of a well-manicured lawn

Ancient poop pathogens in Israel, Peru’s millennia-old El Niño preparations, a halt to Icelandic whale hunting, and much more in this month’s Quick Hits

After avian influenza killed 21 endangered California Condors, government officials are testing a vaccine that could protect the massive scavengers from infection

Minuscule amounts of uranium detected in the shells of turtles point to a new way to track such materials’ impacts on people and ecosystems

Artificial intelligence has turned the brain’s electrical signals into somewhat garbled classic rock

Astronomers are piecing together the final moments of supernova 2023ixf and learning more about it than any other in recent history

Hotspots beneath cities deform the ground, causing important infrastructure to crack under stress

These simple sensors let a robot function by touch alone, allowing it to manipulate objects from a soup can to a rubber duck

A study suggests a complex interplay between bodily feeling, emotion and art