Stories by Nature magazine

Samples collected by Chang’e-5 are revealing exciting insights into the moon’s evolution

What we eat needs to be nutritious and sustainable. Researchers are trying to figure out what that looks like around the world

Fresh data suggest instrumental errors may have mimicked a purported signal from the universe’s first stars

Rebuke against Russian science grows as the deadly conflict continues

The reports’ authors say that the novel coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-2, jumped from animals sold at the market to people twice in late 2019—but some scientists want more definitive evidence

The U.S. Department of Justice announced major changes to the espionage-protection program, but scientists hope for further acknowledgment of the damage done

In the next five years, the nation hopes to launch a robotic craft to an asteroid, two lunar missions and an orbital observatory

Researchers say that conflict will hinder progress made since Ukraine’s revolution in 2014

The latest effort to weigh the elusive particle produces a more precise estimate of its upper limit

Celebrated sociologist Alondra Nelson and genome leader Francis Collins will temporarily split Lander’s duties

Just 14 cases of the scourge that once infected millions of the world’s poorest people were reported last year. But infections in animals complicates efforts to stamp it out

The $25-million facility in Namibia will be the continent’s first millimeter-range astronomical observatory

Hamsters are only the second species known to have spread SARS-CoV-2 to humans

A genetic change that evolved from ancient wolves can help make dogs giant or small

A handful of experiments are raising questions about whether clumps of cells and disembodied brains could be sentient and how scientists would know if they were

Endless boosting might not be a practical or sustainable strategy, scientists say

The ambitious observatory has arrived at its home—near a gravitationally stable spot called L2—for a premier view of the universe

Powerful waves ringing through the atmosphere after the eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai are unlike anything seen before

The observatory has flawlessly unfurled its mirrors and sunshield—although more steps are needed before the science can begin

A rapidly spreading variant could dangerously strain health-care systems, even if the severe disease risk is relatively low for an individual

The Parker Solar Probe has passed through a boundary and into the Sun’s atmosphere, gathering data that will help scientists better understand stars

The rapid spread of new variants such as Omicron offers clues to how SARS-CoV-2 is adapting and how the pandemic will play out over the next several months

The rapid spread of new variants such as Omicron offers clues to how SARS-CoV-2 is adapting and how the pandemic will play out over the next several months

Researchers are racing to determine whether a fast-spreading coronavirus variant poses a threat to COVID vaccines’ effectiveness