Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.

Gift baskets, pizza handlers, $942-million software: Barry Lam on why bureaucracies never get smaller.

Since 2019, over a thousand warehouse campuses have popped up around the world. Each complex covers nearly 100,000 square meters, uses as much water as a small town, and as much electricity as a small...

A fossil from a previously undiscovered species with feathery limbs, unearthed in China, adds to evidence that dinosaurs and birds evolved flight more than once.

Mouse experiments show that Alzheimer’s disease and corticobasal degeneration tau filaments retain their distinct structures during templated seeding, supporting strain-specific tau propagation a...

There is growing concern that AI can blunt memory and reasoning. But science shows ways to keep the brain sharp.

Take Nature’s quiz on female Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry or physiology or medicine.

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The virus that causes chickenpox can reactivate during adulthood, causing the painful, itchy rash known as shingles.

A massive research program investigating causal links between the gut microbiome and autism sparked fierce pushback from scientific critics and advocacy groups.

Public schools are funded primarily from state and local governments. In the 2023–2024 school year, the most recent year of available data, about 45.8% of public school funding came from state sources...

Math and reading scores are in a decade-long slump. We asked three dozen experts: What could turn things around?

Tracking the biological age of grafted organs suggests that donor pools could be expanded to boost organ availability.

A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.

The first fall runs of chinook salmon since the project in California and Oregon was completed have surpassed researchers’ expectations.

Most member nations spoke in support of the declaration, but some rich countries had strong objections.

Erica Heilman has a conversation with Steve Giroux about work ethic and class in this installment of "What Class Are You?"

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Four are dead in Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak. But the C.D.C. isn’t yet convinced.

The U.S. Department of Justice sued Vermont in December after Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas refused to share voter registration information, including personally identifiable detail...

On a hot day in Nashville, Tenn., the broadcast also showed player cleats being cooled down with sprays of water.

Politics and other factors are causing universities to reconsider what classes are part of the core required for graduation. In some places, civics and classics are replacing climate change and sociol...

They’re marketed like nicotine or estrogen patches. But it’s not clear whether vitamins or herbal extracts can be absorbed through the skin.

A new book describes how cutting-edge genomics techniques yielded “extraordinary proof” that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings.

President Donald Trump was pictured on Wednesday night reviewing a poster that appears to read, “Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED,” after he threatened consequences if his effort to add his name to the perfo...

Rising seas, stronger storms and relentless erosion are reshaping America’s coastlines and forcing communities to make difficult choices. Special correspondent Ben Tracy of Climate Central has the sto...

Experts say that the drop is a cause for worry, and that it’s unlikely that the need for food assistance has dropped.

A year after the Trump administration laid out its plan to improve the health of American children, we examine where those efforts stand.

The lack of basic infrastructure like water and sewer lines has impeded housing development in many rural towns across Vermont. But the cancellation of a publicly funded affordable housing project is ...

Michael Mina explains “immune amnesia” and the lasting impact of infection.

Machines are sticking out their digital palms. Your reaction could help shape the future of the service industry.

As Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels this week to Peru, its growing economic ties to China have raised tensions with the U.S., but show no signs of reversing course.

In a world not designed for women, devices put inside of female bodies pose hidden risks.

Updated COVID-19 vaccines are approved this fall. Here’s what to know about insurance coverage and recommendations for the 2026-27 season.