Space & Physics

China’s Space Station Is Preparing to Host 1,000 Science Experiments

The spaceborne studies will cover diverse topics, from dark matter and gravitational waves to the growth of cancer and pathogenic bacteria

Smriti Mallapaty and Nature magazine

Space & Physics

Learning to Live in Steven Weinberg’s Pointless Universe

The late physicist’s most infamous statement still beguiles scientists and vexes believers

Dan Falk | Opinion

Policy

NASA Investigates Renaming James Webb Space Telescope after Anti-LGBT+ Claims

Some astronomers argue the space agency’s next flagship observatory will memorialize discrimination. Others are waiting for more evidence

Alexandra Witze and Nature magazine

Cognition

Quantum Mechanics, Plato’s Cave and the Blind Piranha

Can we ever really know the world?

John Horgan | Opinion

Space & Physics

InSight Lander Makes Best-Yet Maps of Martian Depths

The NASA mission used seismic waves from marsquakes to perform a core-to-crust survey of the planet’s subsurface

Jonathan O'Callaghan