As AI wearables become discreet, cheap and mainstream, they risk normalizing non-consensual recording in everyday spaces.

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on optogenetics, which has revolutionized neuroscience.

A boron phase prepared under pressure can be stretched.

The country singer was an advocate for vaccines, public health, literacy and marginalized communities.

Omar Yaghi’s move comes amid cuts to US science and a campaign in China to recruit top international talent.

As the men’s football World Cup gets under way, how the game weighs on the health of athletes still isn’t talked about enough, says player-turned-medic Vincent Gouttebarge.

The backlash against artificial intelligence is growing. Nature wants to know what its readers think about the impact on science.

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Many Democrats making the switch to politics are motivated by the Trump administration’s cuts to science — whereas energy and AI are a pull for some Republicans.

Humans are seeing parts of the Moon’s far side never observed by eye. Nature is in Houston with the mission’s scientists.

The changes announced by a major UK science funder are putting scientists — and the future of research — in a difficult position.

Social media can help to raise awareness of health conditions — but the wealth of dubious information online might do more harm than good.

Immense progress in gene-editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025.

In a world that can seem lacking in optimism, researchers share their opinions on books that stimulate thoughts — and actions — for a better future.

A fired public-health official, a mosquito breeder and a baby with a smile seen around the world. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for Nature’s 10.

Liang Wenfeng is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.

Artificial intelligence promises rapid and polite feedback on papers — but we must first review the reviewer.

Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.

Sanae Takaichi has pledged to make the country ‘strong and prosperous’ again; success hinges on breaking barriers for women in science.

Tighter price regulation would deliver fewer new drugs but improve global health.

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

Metal-organic frameworks were the next big thing in chemistry when they were invented more than three decades ago. Now, these intriguing materials are becoming commercial tools for capturing carbon dioxide and harvesting water from the air.

The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system. Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system.

Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science. Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.

Ten of Nature’s recent contributors share their current book obsessions.