Stories by Nature magazine

The controversy over how many genes are contained in the human genome continues to simmer 

An investigation by the U.S. National Institutes of Health finds missteps that put the industry-funded project’s credibility in doubt

Nathan Myhrvold argues that the scientific approach of the landmark NEOWISE space-rock mission is deeply flawed

Security measures implemented in advance of the event have affected some scientists

They fear the online platform will become less open, but other researchers say the buyout could make GitHub more useful

Four new elements were added in 2015, but some researchers say the announcement was premature

Storms' slowdown means more rain, and potentially more damage, for populated areas

Independent board will review agency decisions to repeal or change climate regulations and rules on the use of non-public data

Three patients in Japan will receive the experimental therapy in the next year 

The ubiquitous particles are helping to map the innards of pyramids and volcanoes, and spot missing nuclear waste

A new technique could replace the need for human embryos in some lab experiments

Neuroscientist Simon Baron-Cohen absorbs the grave revelations in a study on a pediatrician enmeshed in autism's history

Deep-learning algorithm spontaneously mimicked the activity of specialized neurons that tell us where we are in space

NASA’s Cold Atom Laboratory will allow physicists to play with quantum phenomena like never before

Peace efforts in Colombia have ended 50 years of intense conflict. Now, scientists are studying former fighters and victims as they attempt to heal

Can a competition with cash rewards improve techniques for tracking the Large Hadron Collider’s messy particle trajectories?

After more than a decade of searching, scientists finally detect the element billowing out of a gas giant

Genetic construction project shifts focus to making virus-resistant human cells

Physicists see the hallmarks of cosmic expansion in a ring of cold atoms

NASA’s Mars InSight mission will listen for seismic activity to uncover details of Red Planet’s mysterious core

Researchers hope European-Russian Trace Gas Orbiter will end a long-running debate over source of the gas on Mars

Images from Landsat satellites and an agricultural-survey program are freely available to scientists—but for how long?

Scientists want to combat dementia and neurodegeneration by keeping the brain’s immune system from going rogue

After a clutch of historic detections, gravitational-wave researchers have set their sights on some ambitious scientific quarry