Science’s role in my Great British Sewing Bee success
Yasmin Proctor-Kent displayed waistcoats made by her dad behind her while competing on The Great British Sewing Bee.Credit:…
Despite all the negatives, 2025 showcased the power, resilience and universality of science
Geoscientist Mengran Du and her team reported the deepest ecosystem known to host animals this year.Credit: Billy H.C.…
More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance
Survey results suggest that peer reviewers are increasingly turning to AI.Credit: Panther Media Global/Alamy More than 50% of…
The sci-fi films that physicists love to watch — from Interstellar to Spider-Man
Nature has interviewed a multitude of physicists this year in celebration of the 100th birthday of quantum mechanics.…
How to spot fake scientists and stop them from publishing papers
Beatriz Ychussie’s career in mathematics seemed to be going really well. She worked at Roskilde University in Denmark…
palaeontologist who showed that dinosaurs still walk among us — as birds
Credit: Katja Heinemann/Aurora/Cavan/Alamy Mark Norell, whose discoveries helped to demonstrate that birds are living dinosaurs, has died aged…
why I’m happy to admit to my research failures, and you should too
The open-science movement has promoted the sharing of scientific protocols, statistical-analysis programs and data files. These efforts have…
How to find the papers you need to read — and avoid the ones you don’t
Too many papers, too little time.Credit: Hulton Archive/Stringer/Getty The challenge of staying up to date with the scientific…
Want to do disruptive science? Include more rookie researchers
Collaborations with a higher proportion of unpublished researchers can yield papers that present groundbreaking ideas.Credit: Stígur Már Karlsson/Heimsmyndir…
should research on mirror-image molecular biology be stopped?
In theory, all biological structures, functions and even organisms could be recreated in their mirror image, leading to…