Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
At the US Environmental Protection Agency, scientists say proposed cuts will gut research. Credit: Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty For 30
Please stay out of the abandoned buildings
Welcome to Utheri Archaeological Park. Please stay out of the abandoned buildings. The deserted cityscape covering the entire lunar surface
Taiwan invests in genetic resource for health
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03447-0 A large biobanking effort captures genetic and health data from half a million
How Napoleon’s army met its doom: DNA reveals surprise illnesses had a role
Nature, Published online: 24 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03487-6 Remains of some of the 300,000 soldiers who died on the retreat from
Four game-changing immunology tools to watch
A magnified image of a brain organoid with fluorescent labelling of various cell types.Credit: Thomas Hartung, Johns Hopkins University Advanced
Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data
Success rates for Europe’s leading research grants are declining — some to single percentage points — as a surge in
The US and Europe have cut billions in health aid — can anyone fill the gap?
Who will pay for global health? Scientists and policy leaders explored this question when they met this week at the
Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth
The 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize for Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to three researchers who
The world’s first plastics treaty is in crisis: can it be salvaged?
Global consumption of plastics is on the rise, but only a small percentage of plastic waste is recycled. Credit: Justin
Customizable AI systems that anyone can adapt bring big opportunities — and even bigger risks
In the past three months, several state-of-the-art AI systems have been released with open weights, meaning their core parameters can