Stories by Nature magazine

Nobel laureates sometimes wait 20 years or more after making their award-worthy discovery to receive the prize

NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected valuable samples, but a new report says the plan to fetch them is unworkable

At times, the enormous BlueWalker 3 telecommunications satellite is brighter than some of the most iconic stars visible from Earth

A government shutdown would disrupt biomedical research and clinical trials as federal experimental facilities shuttered

250 million years from now, the emergence of a new supercontinent could render most of Earth’s surface uninhabitable for mammals

Researchers have adapted the AI network to search for genetic changes linked to ill health

United Nations secretary-general António Guterres is proposing a $500-billion annual stimulus package to meet the Sustainable Development Goals to preserve the environment and end poverty and hunger

Researchers publicly call out theory that they say is not well supported by science, but that gets undue attention

For the first time in the U.S., research with cephalopods might require approval by an ethics committee

A jawbone from eastern China that displays both modern and archaic features could represent a new branch of the human family tree

Climate change, civil war and international sanctions all contributed to the devastation caused by some of Libya’s worst flooding ever, researchers say

U.S. regulators will consider clinical trials of a system that mimics the womb, which could reduce deaths and disability for babies born extremely preterm

The four-legged miniature machine is powered by tiny explosions

A trio of scientists who developed the combination drug Trikafta are among the winners of five major awards in life sciences, physics and mathematics

Some Japanese researchers feel that AI systems trained on foreign languages cannot grasp the intricacies of Japanese language and culture

New research in mice suggests that a stem cell involved in backbone development might help tumors from other parts of the body move to the spine

The decision to send hominin bones on a commercial spaceflight has raised eyebrows among paleontologists

A newly described fossil is as old as the “first bird,” Archaeopteryx, and represents a birdlike dinosaur that might have specialized in running or wading instead of flying

A new technique for analyzing modern genetic data suggests that prehumans survived in a group of only 1,280 individuals

Researchers in Hawaii are studying the effects of the deadly blazes on its island of Maui, including how they have impacted drinking-water quality and might affect local marine ecosystems

The long-awaited discovery of oxygen 28 might prompt physicists to revamp theories of how atomic nuclei are structured

A checklist derived from six neuroscience-based theories of consciousness could help assess whether an artificial intelligence system achieves this state

Companies are recruiting black soldier flies and mealworms as a protein source in animal feed, fertilizer, biofuels and even as ingredients for burgers and shakes

Two studies report considerable improvements in technologies designed to help people with facial paralysis to communicate