The geography of science is changing. As a result, a big push is needed to broaden the pool of scientists eligible to ...

Private-investor approaches for measuring the emissions associated with lending to governments risk creating perverse ...

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton pioneered computational methods that enabled the development of neural networks.

Proportional representation or winner takes all? Here’s how researchers compare the merits of contrasting voting methods.

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun "for the discovery of ...

A compelling book uncovers little-known aspects of the iconic chemist’s life, and the pioneering — if troubled — careers of the women who worked with her.

On 29 August, South Korea’s Constitutional Court unanimously found that the lack of quantitative greenhouse-gas reduction targets from 2031 to 2049 in the country’s Carbon Neutrality Framework Act is ...

Improvements in public health and medicine have lengthened human survival, but science has yet to overcome ageing.

The presidential election in the United States will have global ramifications. Do scientists around the world care who wins?

One woman and two men with severe autoimmune conditions have gone into remission after being treated with bioengineered and ...

A fast-warming region of Antarctica is getting greener with shocking speed. Satellite imagery of the region reveals that the ...

Nature talks to the mpox coordinator for Africa's public-health agency about how the continent will handle its first jabs ...