Stories by Nature magazine

The Human Brain Project wraps up in September after a decade. It had notable achievements and a troubled past

Research is under way to determine whether the mutation-laden lineage BA.2.86 is nothing to worry about — or has the potential to spread globally

New habitats that are emerging as mountain glaciers melt away represent huge ecological shifts and present new challenges for conservation

Global efforts to eradicate the poliovirus were recently described as unsuccessful—yet Afghanistan and Pakistan are now on the verge of eliminating it

Improved DNA analysis has updated thinking on the skin color, ancestry, and more of the alpine mummy known as Ötzi the Iceman

Although Arecibo Observatory is slated to become an education center, astronomers hope research might one day return to the site

More traditional land use and better data dissemination could help to prevent future tragedies

Clinical-trial data suggest that semaglutide, sold under the name Wegovy, slashed risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular incidents in a trial

The Luna 25 spacecraft will attempt to land at the lunar south pole for the first time in a hunt for valuable water ice

Scientists altered the genomes of female fruit flies, allowing them to reproduce without any contribution from a male

A clinical health psychologist talks about Barbie’s influence on how women and girls view their body

Allegations of data fabrication have sparked the retraction of multiple papers from Ranga Dias, a researcher who claimed discovery of a room-temperature superconductor

“Cell atlases” offer an unprecedented look at how kidney cells become diseased and how fetal cells invade and remodel the placenta’s blood vessels

An Alzheimer’s drug that attacks the protein amyloid does not work as well in people with more advanced disease

Hormone mimics offer advantages even beyond those of the potent weight-loss shots on the market now

A fossilized hominin leg shows gashes that were probably made by stone tools

A Western lifestyle seems to diminish the diversity of gut microbes

Radiation in water from Fukushima will be diluted to almost background levels, but some researchers are not sure this will be sufficient to mitigate the risks

Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that TRAPPIST-1 c, the second world in a seven-planet system, lacks an atmosphere

Human depletion of groundwater has shifted the global distribution of water so much that the North Pole has drifted by more than four centimeters per year

A link between endometriosis and bacterial infection suggests a potential way to treat the painful disorder

The most comprehensive census yet of the hippos in Colombia that are descended from several imported by drug-cartel leader Pablo Escobar reveals that there could be twice as many of the invasive animals as previous estimates indicated

An analysis of more than 100 studies of noninvasive electrical brain stimulation probes whether the controversial technology works

The periodic table, as well as evolution, won’t be taught to under-16s in India as they start the new school year