Stories by Nature magazine

Scientific advisers vote overwhelmingly that the risks of MDMA treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder outweigh the benefits

Molecular Bose-Einstein condensates could help to provide the answers to fundamental questions or form the basis of new quantum computers

Congressional representatives grilled Anthony Fauci, former head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about the government’s early response to the COVID pandemic

A small South Pacific fern boasts more than 50 times as many base pairs as the human genome

Emerging AI services present scenarios that could challenge the laws over rights to a persona

Mathematicians are working on ways to use their field to tackle major social issues, such as social inequality and the need for gender equity

Semaglutide, the same compound in obesity drug Wegovy, slashes risk of kidney failure and death for people with type 2 diabetes

Warming temperatures are likely to mean that more of your plane ride will have rocky conditions, creating potentially dangerous situations

The radioactive unit will help to deliver Europe’s first Mars rover to the planet’s surface

A first-of-a-kind AI system enables a person with paralysis to communicate in two languages

It’s a “big deal” to demonstrate entangled quantum networks outside a lab

The H5N1 virus is a long way from becoming adapted to humans, but limited testing and tracking mean we could miss danger signs

Researchers are striving to reverse-engineer artificial intelligence and scan the “brains” of LLMs to deduce the how any why of that they are doing

Technology that enables researchers to interpret brain signals could one day allow people to talk using only their thoughts

Google scientists have modeled all 150 million connections of a fragment of the human brain at nanoscale resolution

Milestone observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal signs of an atmosphere on the inhospitably hot super-Earth 55 Cancri e

The eyebrows of the African wild dog have scientists wondering whether other canine species besides domestic dogs can make the irresistible “puppy-dog eyes” expression

The hit sci-fi show’s adviser and two other researchers discuss its portrayal of scientists and their technologies

A declaration signed by dozens of scientists says there is “a realistic possibility” for elements of consciousness in reptiles, insects and mollusks

Genomic analysis suggests that the outbreak probably began in December or January, but a shortage of data is hampering efforts to pin down the source

Lethal autonomous weapons might reduce civilian casualties—or make catastrophic mistakes

The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe doubles the resolution of Apollo-era maps and will support the space ambitions of China and other countries

H5N1 influenza virus particles have been detected in commercially sold milk, but it’s not clear how the virus is spreading in cattle or whether their milk could infect humans

Fossils and stone tools show that a cave in Saudi Arabia has been used as shelter by humans for millennia, up to the present day