Entire NSF science advisory board fired by Trump administration
Researchers serving on the National Science Board, which advises the US National Science Foundation, received a brief email on Friday
Thousands of Harvard graduate students strike — bringing research to a halt
Graduate student workers picket in front of the Harvard Science Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 21 April.Credit: John Tlumacki/The Boston
What does the future hold for the thawing Arctic?
Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic Mia Bennett & Klaus Dodds Yale Univ. Press (2025) From the
US lawmakers intensify scrutiny of scientific-publishing practices
Industry specialists testified at a US congressional hearing on the state of scientific publishing.Credit: House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
The air is full of DNA — here’s what scientists are using it for
Ryan Kelly is in awe of what floats invisibly in the air. “It is completely mind-blowing,” says Kelly, who studies
balancing two experiments at once
After reflecting on how the mid-career and midlife stages interact, Yu Tao developed several habits that he practises as a
Clinical application of base editing for treating β-thalassaemia
Cao, A. & Galanello, R. Beta-thalassemia. Genet. Med. 12, 61–76 (2010). Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Origa, R. Beta-thalassemia. Genet.
What Artemis II’s astronauts will look for on the Moon’s far side
This Monday, 6 April, if all goes to plan, the astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission will fly around the
Mix-and-match synthesis of 3D small molecules
Nature, Published online: 02 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00809-0 Chemistry that forms an omnipresent type of carbon–carbon bond enables the modular synthesis
Why I made a river my co-author
Working scientist profiles This article is part of an occasional series in which Nature profiles scientists with unusual career histories