Stories by Nature magazine

Extreme wildfires are increasing in frequency and intensity globally, data show for the first time

Mysterious nerve structures called Krause corpuscles respond to specific low-frequency vibrations, scientists finally confirm

As the patents on various weight-loss drugs near expiration, companies in India and China are vying to make lower-cost versions that will widen access to such treatments

China wants to build a next-generation particle collider that would be cheaper and more powerful than Europe’s planned successor to the Large Hadron Collider

The drug donanemab slows progression of symptoms in people with early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, but questions linger about the durability of its effect

Japan’s LignoSat will test wood’s resilience in space and could lead to a new era of more sustainable, less polluting satellites

Promethium, one of the rarest and most mysterious elements in the periodic table, has finally given up some crucial chemical secrets

Following Mexico’s election of a woman with a scientific pedigree, Nature reviewed the legacy of well-known politicians with backgrounds in science and engineering.

More countries must recognize how gender affects exposure to pathogens, finds a review by the World Health Organization

Scientific advisers vote overwhelmingly that the risks of MDMA treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder outweigh the benefits

Molecular Bose-Einstein condensates could help to provide the answers to fundamental questions or form the basis of new quantum computers

Congressional representatives grilled Anthony Fauci, former head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about the government’s early response to the COVID pandemic

A small South Pacific fern boasts more than 50 times as many base pairs as the human genome

Emerging AI services present scenarios that could challenge the laws over rights to a persona

Mathematicians are working on ways to use their field to tackle major social issues, such as social inequality and the need for gender equity

Semaglutide, the same compound in obesity drug Wegovy, slashes risk of kidney failure and death for people with type 2 diabetes

Warming temperatures are likely to mean that more of your plane ride will have rocky conditions, creating potentially dangerous situations

The radioactive unit will help to deliver Europe’s first Mars rover to the planet’s surface

A first-of-a-kind AI system enables a person with paralysis to communicate in two languages

It’s a “big deal” to demonstrate entangled quantum networks outside a lab

The H5N1 virus is a long way from becoming adapted to humans, but limited testing and tracking mean we could miss danger signs

Researchers are striving to reverse-engineer artificial intelligence and scan the “brains” of LLMs to deduce the how any why of that they are doing

Technology that enables researchers to interpret brain signals could one day allow people to talk using only their thoughts

Google scientists have modeled all 150 million connections of a fragment of the human brain at nanoscale resolution