Researchers have worked out the safest, most resilient country to be in during an apocalyptic event.

Many researchers are unaware of an upcoming law that will require them to register with a regulatory body, as is the case for engineers and healthcare professonals.

Artificial-intelligence tools can be useful for brainstorming and creating graphics, but they can introduce errors. If you’re going to use them, here’s how to avoid problems.

Artificial-intelligence tools can be useful for brainstorming and creating graphics, but they can introduce errors. If you’re going to use them, here’s how to avoid problems.

Artificial-intelligence tools can be useful for brainstorming and creating graphics, but they can introduce errors. If you’re going to use them, here’s how to avoid problems.

A postdoc researcher trying to move into an industry role wants help gaining traction and making it past the first interview stage.

New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth could thus be overlooking prime evidence of alien intelligence.

Radio astronomers have decoded a peculiar repeating radio signal from deep space, tracing it to a vampiric binary star system.

They are advocating for projects and facilities that are threatened by the government’s cost-cutting plans.

In hard times, like when the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit Earth, some plants transformed into "hopeful monsters" to save themselves. Now, a new paper shows that these monsters are more common than we...

A weekly roundup of Research Data Management resources.

Indefinite data retention is neither financially nor practically possible, but there are ways to give your data maximal long-term value.

A new study of chimpanzee and bonobo groups at zoos reveals similar levels of aggression. However, scientists found stark sex-based differences between the species.

A new study reveals restoring mangroves could save $800 million in storm damage, protect 140,000 people from flooding, and remove almost triple the amount of CO2 produced by cars in the U.S. every yea...

Nature highlights developments in women’s health research and career guidance for women in science.

Nature highlights developments in women’s health research and career guidance for women in science.

An analysis documents the cumulative income hit mothers incur — as well as the extent to which state aid can offset the loss.

People searching for honey in Mozambique work with birds via a shared language in a rare case of cooperation between humans and wild animals. This language also comes with regional dialects — that app...

Cheetahs vanished from Saudi Arabia half a century ago. Now long-dead mummified big cats may help herald their return.

Scientists say their Stomata In-Sight tool can observe plants "breathe," which could be used to bioengineer crops that require less water, making them potentially more resilient to climate change.

Warming temperatures appear to be driving genetic mutations in some polar bears to help them survive the shifting climatic conditions.

Heat-loving plants that thrive in California's Death Valley could hold the key to growing crops in a changing climate.

Sarah Wild talks to astronomers across the world who are on a hunt for a subtle hydrogen signal that could confirm or disprove our ideas on the universe’s evolution

Scientists record 9,000 hours of languages spoken in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa as free-access training data for AI models.

Researchers engaged in long-term projects often need to update their data sets over time. Here’s how to do it while maintaining reproducibility.

Roger Deane has seen the investment in astronomy on the continent pay off both in his own career and with more young scientists joining the field.

More than 100 people have died in devastating flash floods in Kerr County, Texas. But what caused this extreme weather, and will events like this get more common?

Astronomer Bernie Fanaroff helped to design South Africa’s plan to become a radioastronomy powerhouse — and it started with training the next generation.

The new SKA-Low image was created using 1024 two-metre-high antennas

And forthcoming mega-constellations will exacerbate the problem

Vukosi Marivate learnt that communities, not just superstar individuals, can open doors in artificial intelligence.

The precursors to the world’s most sensitive radio telescope are already changing our view of the cosmos

Studies reveal how risky play can benefit child development. But encouraging it can be a challenge for parents.

Those recovering from drug or alcohol misuse speak up — and say they wish more researchers could do so freely at work.

Enough of the gas is trapped beneath our planet’s surface to satisfy our energy needs for decades, a new study finds. The question is whether it’s economically viable to use.

The African Light Source Foundation’s conceptual design report hopes to encourage African leaders to support the project

Incorporating Indigenous-led research into science stories adds key perspectives and expands the often-narrow definition of science. To report on Indigenous science accurately and fairly, journalists ...

Digital preservation is not keeping up with the growth of scholarly knowledge. Recognizing its causes is the first step to securing records everywhere for future generations.