Illustration: David Parkins The problem Dear Nature, I’m a neuroscientist in the United States. I have written a lot of academic letters of recommendation, and usually I’m happy to do so. It’s almost implicit that, once you become someone’s mentor,...
A retracted paper’s backstory illustrates the challenges of the technique called preregistration.Credit: Getty The retraction of a high-profile paper1 that...
Members of the Swedish royal family join laureates on stage at the 2023 Nobel awards ceremony.Credit: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty...
The winners were announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.Credit: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Two researchers who...
Hummocks of moss cover Ardley Island off the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.Credit: Dan Charman A fast-warming region of Antarctica...
Brain stem cells (artificially coloured) give rise to neurons in young individuals, but that ability fades with advancing age.Credit: Riccardo...
EnvironomicsDharshini David Elliott & Thompson (2024)Why should an orangutan care what toothpaste a person uses, asks economist Dharshini David, in...
A northern sea robin (Prionotus carolinus) scurries across the sand on its six legs, which it also uses as shovels...
Scientists and science-fiction writers have long asked whether a nuclear explosion could change the course of an asteroid headed for...
Mathematicians have described1 a new class of shape that characterizes forms commonly found in nature — from the chambers in...
